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The photo of this Northern Hawk Owl was taken just before sunset on 27 January 2001 in the northern end of the Sax-Zim bog area in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA.  Moments earlier, the owl dove into the snow, returned with a mouse, and swallowed it whole.
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Photo taken by holding an Olympus C-3030 Zoom digital camera up to a Leica 77mm APO Televid tele scope.