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Common Name:Falcon, Prairie
Scientific Name:Falco mexicanus
Family:Falconidae (Falcons)
Area:Red Bluff Lake Recreation Area, California
Date:January 4, 2015

Notice the Acorn Woodpecker in the Prairie Falcons talons.

Reference:Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America by Kaufman / The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America