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2 noisy kingfishers in black and white

2 noisy kingfishers in black and white

I was down at the primary beaver pond trying to photograph the Great Blue Heron, but my shoot kept being interrupted by these 2 very noisy kingfishers. I don't ...
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I was down at the primary beaver pond trying to photograph the Great Blue Heron, but my shoot kept being interrupted by these 2 very noisy kingfishers. I don't know what they were bickering about but boy were they load. The Great Blue Heron kept turning his head to see what the ruckus was. Finally I gave up and started photographing them even though they were not is the best range for my telephoto lens. lol
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NIKON D3200

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 500 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 300/1

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Jul, 2015

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