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I was lucky to observe this owl for about 20 minutes. When I first found it, it was actively looking around from a relatively open perch. It flushed to a more concealed perch after I attempted to approach it more closely. I heard it (or another individual) calling the following night in the same general area. (I'm about a year behind on my photos, but I had to expedite this one...)

I observed a female peregrine falcon carrying what looks to be a collared dove. A few moments earlier the male of the falcon pair struck the dove from a several hundred foot stoop. The second picture shows, from left to right, the dove, male, female, and feather puff from the initial strike.