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Slate-colored Hawk 2

Image # 1D2_05704

Amazon River

 

Canon 100-400L/f4.5-5.6 IS and 1.4x II Teleconverter at 200 mm

ISO 500, f/8, 1/1000 second

Manual Exposure

Handheld (possibly with Monopod)

You can see the Piranha being grasped in the talons of the left foot of the Hawk in the 2nd shot from this series I'm including here, also showing the wooden stick they put through its gills to keep it afloat.