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Bad Day for a Mouse

April 29, 2008

I watched this hawk this afternoon as he sat on a wire patiently watching for mice in the wheat field below him.  A lunge, a catch and then time to enjoy.  It doesn’t get much better than that if you’re a hawk.  I watched him get three mice in about 15 minutes.

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    4 Comments

  • Kevin Fleming April 30, 2008
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    Wow, great moments! Very lucky find and nicely photographed!!! GREAT SHOTS!

    Kevin

  • Eli April 30, 2008
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    Whoa! These are intense. Looks like he had a good snack!

  • Jamie May 13, 2008
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    Thats a really cool sequence

  • Nithin September 22, 2009
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    WOW great job done ….Waited long for getting one

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