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'Barred Scanning Marsh for Prey' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Barred Scanning Marsh for Prey

This male often hunts in this five acre patch of marsh along a rural road. Fed by a stream descending the mountain in a series of small waterfalls, the marsh hosts chipmunks and a variety of smaller rodents.

3 June 2022

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Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Barred Owl

Strix varia
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE
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