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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Say's Phoebe, hawking for breakfast, catches a tiny insect on the wing.

This is a "double capture!" This Say's Phoebe, hawking for insects over a desert river, is about to capture a tiny insect out of the air as I captured its sally from its favorite perch on the river bank.

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Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2020
Date Uploaded: 07.2021
Photo Location: Near Scottsdale, Arizona, Arizona, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Jim Burns