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Twisted Beak

Twisted Beak

Here's an awesome Sandhill Crane at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Notice the odd twisted beak. When I hand fed him-her, it was kind of rough. Their beak usually feels ...
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Here's an awesome Sandhill Crane at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Notice the odd twisted beak. When I hand fed him-her, it was kind of rough. Their beak usually feels like chopsticks as they eat the seeds from hand, but this one was more sharp.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 200/1

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May, 2015

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