Adult Western Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, perched in a Lodgepole Pine in the Desolation Wilderness, California, USA

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Adult Western Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, perched in a Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta, above our campsite along Lake of the Woods in the Desolation Wilderness, Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

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Photo credit: © Lee Rentz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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