A beautiful Rough-legged Hawk perches nicely on a fencepost on its wintering grounds in the Colorado high country. Having been born in the artic, perh

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A beautiful Rough-legged Hawk perches nicely on a fencepost on its wintering grounds in the Colorado high country. Having been born in the artic, perhaps it had not yet learned to fear humans.

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Size: 4731px × 3224px
Location: South Park, Colorado
Photo credit: © Gerald DeBoer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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