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Great Blue Heron on Log

Great Blue Heron on Log

A Great Blue Heron standing on a log, along the Minnesota River during a flood at Fort Snelling State Park in Bloomington, Minnesota....
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A Great Blue Heron standing on a log, along the Minnesota River during a flood at Fort Snelling State Park in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/3.5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/320

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Jun, 2014

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