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Yellowstone Black-Billed Magpiie

Yellowstone Black-Billed Magpiie

Yep, I'm an Aussie, so I assume any bird that is black and white is a Magpie, even if it's in Yellowstone National Park. Imagine my shock when it is in fact, a ...
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Yep, I'm an Aussie, so I assume any bird that is black and white is a Magpie, even if it's in Yellowstone National Park. Imagine my shock when it is in fact, a "Black Billed Magpie"... if a broken clock is correct twice a day, then this is one of those moments!
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camera

Canon EOS 7D

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 640 Shutter 1/6400 Focal Length 400/1

upload_date

upload_date

Feb, 2015

Views

983

Likes

+143

Awards

People's Choice in Magpie Birds Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Flying High Photo Challenge

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Contest Finalist in Flying Low Photo Contest

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Peer Award

+67

Superb Composition

+16

Top Choice

+12

Magnificent Capture

+7

Absolute Masterpiece

+4

Superior Skill

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Emotions

Impressed

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 3

Top 20 rank week 2

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Beautiful image! Love the wingspan. Nice and crisp. Awesome! :-)

Love the wings so beautiful,

Excellent!!

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Well done on your People's Choice award!

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