Northern Harrier capturing avocet chick, June 2014
At the forebay, Shoreline Park, Mountain View, I saw and photographed an American Avocet chick in shallow water near its parents; then a Northern Harrier appeared overhead, looking down on the scene; I saw it swoop but miss the capture, and the next thing I saw and photographed was the hawk flying away with the chick in its talons. Nature at its reddest of tooth and claw.