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by Mike Danzenbaker on Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:29 am
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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Birds Gallery, week ending 30th March, 2012!
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The action happened pretty fast here, and my reaction wasn't quite fast enough for a razor-sharp result, but I thought it still worth showing for the motif.

"Nasty, brutish and short" is probably an apt description of the life of a vole ...

Boundary Bay, BC, CA, March 1

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by LHays on Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:37 am
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Holy excrement.....it's sharp enough for me. What an incredible action shot!
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by Jan Wegener on Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:25 am
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awesome capture Mike. What a great and unique scene.
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by Tucci72 on Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:54 am
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Terrific shot and timing.

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by Maxis Gamez on Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:11 am
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What are they trying to get? Looks like a rat?

Incredible capture. You did the best you could.
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by Yves Guillot on Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:04 am
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WOW! JUST WOW! What an action shot! BIG congrats on this one! Pfiou!
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by Rob Palmer on Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:23 am
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Great shot Mike. Ive seen this before but always from a long way off. Who won?
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by Eduardo on Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:25 am
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Holy excrement indeed! Terrific action shot!
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by Glenn Bartley on Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:32 am
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This is very cool Mike!
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by Alan Murphy on Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:36 am
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That is one fantastic image Mike.
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by Bob Steele on Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:52 am
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That's pretty slick, Mike. Well done.
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by suzanne huot on Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:17 am
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Wow! what a fantastic moment captured by yourself.Have seen this behaviour before there.It seems the Harrier is often the winner.
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by Joerg Rockenberger on Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:47 am
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This is STUNNING. Congrats on capturing such a unique moment. Joerg
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by cartgate on Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:56 am
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The Harrier won easily the two times I witnessed this - looks like it happened fairly close to you. Well done capturing the moment!
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by Jim Urbach on Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:08 pm
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Neat interaction Mike. Something I did not witness during my 4 1/2 days there in February
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by Mike Danzenbaker on Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:52 pm
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Thanks everyone.
Rob Palmer wrote:Great shot Mike. Ive seen this before but always from a long way off. Who won?
The harrier, who in this case had gravity on his side. And earlier in the day I saw the same thing happen from way too far away to shoot and the harrier won that one too.

Maxis, this was a vole.
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by Tlazer on Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:03 am
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Unbelievable capture, very nice.
 

by Con Foley on Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:07 am
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Terrific behavior !
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by David Hemmings on Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:53 am
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WOW, how cool is this?
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by Alan Bryant on Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:14 am
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This hits the "Motif" on the head

Awesome image
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