MichaelV

Blue jay

Blue jay

Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata, perched on a wire who opened a peanut and extracted the nuts letting the shell fall to the ground in my yard, 4-6-2016....
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Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata, perched on a wire who opened a peanut and extracted the nuts letting the shell fall to the ground in my yard, 4-6-2016.
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camera

Canon EOS REBEL T3i

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 250/1

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2016

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44

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+9

Awards

Peer Award

Superb Composition

Magnificent Capture

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