Short-eared Owl

Another in my owl series from Red Rock Lakes NWR, Montana. This is the same male as in my post on 6/27 but this shot was taken the day before. Here he was coming in for a landing on a sagebrush in front of him (but just out of frame) before transferring the vole to his beak for delivery to the female and young.

I found it interesting that in the 8-10 times I photographed him with a different vole in his talons, without exception he always carried it in his left talon. There's a thin piece of debris caught in the talon with the vole.

7D, 1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 800, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, shot from pickup window on 6/25/10, cropped to 47% of original image, banished two tiny grass tips coming into the side of the frame, sharpened bird and vole, NR to background, no other processing or adjustments, natural but low light, not baited

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Comments/critique appreciated