A rehabilitated red-tailed hawk at the Wild Bird Fund in New York City just before its release on December 18, 2013.

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A red-tailed hawk at the Wild Bird Fund, New York City's only wild bird rehabilitation center, just before its release in Central Park on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. The hawk was discovered unconscious several weeks prior by pedestrians outside of Penn Station and bought into the Wild Bird Fund for treatment. (Mansura Khanam)

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Size: 4500px × 3000px
Location: Columbus Avenue, New York, New York, USA
Photo credit: © Mansura Khanam / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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