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Variegated Meadowhawk

Variegated Meadowhawk

This critter managed to stay put long enough for me to get some shots of him. There are a lot of them along a small lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains....
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This critter managed to stay put long enough for me to get some shots of him. There are a lot of them along a small lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/22.0 ISO 4500 Shutter 1/500

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Jul, 2014

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