Award of Excellence
Joel Sartore National Geographic Magazine
"Waiting in a Waterfall"
Third Place
Chip Somodevilla Getty Images
"HAWK AND PREY"
A red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) takes flight
while carrying a rodent meal in downtown Washington, DC. According to the
National Audubon Society, the red-tailed hawk is the most common and
widespread American member of the Buteo genus. Hawks like this hunt for prey
in open country or at the edge of a meadow, making this sighting in a dense
urban area uncommon.
