Summary

Description Hawk eating prey.jpg	English: A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis eating its prey (California Meadow Vole Microtus californicus ); seaside bluffs of Half Moon Bay, California. [1] . Français : Une buse à queue rousse ( Buteo jamaicensis ) mangeant Microtus californicus , un campagnol d'amérique du nord. [1] Svenska: En ung rödstjärtad vråk ( Buteo jamaicensis ) som äter sitt byte (californiaåkersork Microtus californicus ) [1]
Date	27 August 2006
Source	https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/226587515/
Author	Steve Jurvetson
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1. ↑ ^{a b c} https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/226587515/#comment72157594258725735

According to the image's author here , citing "an email from a field biologist", the bird is "a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk dining on a California Meadow Vole Microtus californicus ".