15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Ruffled Peregrine Falcon

Taken at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. I spotted a bird in a distant tree, originally thinking it was a hawk. As we drove closer I realized I had just spotted my very first Peregrine Falcon.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Sacramento, California, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7200
Copyright: © Lilly Hollingsworth