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Great Egrets and Cohorts Feeding at Dawn

Great Egrets and Cohorts Feeding at Dawn

These three different birds flocked together to feed, the Great Egret, the Snowy Egret and the juvenile White Ibis. Looking around online there is a theory that...
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These three different birds flocked together to feed, the Great Egret, the Snowy Egret and the juvenile White Ibis. Looking around online there is a theory that the "Mixed Species Flock" gain an advantage in foraging. Possibly they find more food faster and eat slightly different prey.

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SONY ILCE-7RM2

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Aperture 8/1 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 700/10

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Nov, 2016

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