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Orchard Oriole

Orchard Oriole

This juvenile female orchard oriole perched "pretty as a picture" on a butterfly bush. She is watching me as closely as I'm watching her. ...
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This juvenile female orchard oriole perched "pretty as a picture" on a butterfly bush. She is watching me as closely as I'm watching her.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 244/1

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Oct, 2015

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