Week #28 Red-tailed Hawk and its Prey

This Red-tailed hawk captured a small mammal, probably a vole, in its talons after hunting over the grasslands of Little Lake Valley. Red-tails require about 7-11 percent of their body weight in food every day, which is about the equivalent of three voles.

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