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Glossy Starling

Glossy Starling

Noisy, quarrelsome and full of attitude these dazzling birds always try and hog the water bowl.

Noisy, quarrelsome and full of attitude these dazzling birds always try and hog the water bowl.
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NIKON D7000

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 4200/10

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Mar, 2016

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