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Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird

This beautiful red-winged blackbird almost got away! Taken at Patagonia Lake in Southern Arizona.

This beautiful red-winged blackbird almost got away! Taken at Patagonia Lake in Southern Arizona.
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NIKON D5300

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 800 Shutter 10/32000 Focal Length 3000/10

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Apr, 2017

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Wow Kathy, fabulous capture ! The wings and tail were so timely captured, the colour is superb. Love that you have this lovely tree just out in bud !!

Fantastic capture! Mark and I tried to photograph these guys a few days ago.....man they are fast!!!

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Awesome capture. Great wind and top detail.

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Awesome capture

Awesome shot!!! シ

Incredible capture. Perfectly timed my friend.

amazing shot and detail ... wow , love this

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I typed wing and this darn swell ck put in wind.. NO matter is a wonderful shot..

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Beautiful! Love the detail in the wings and the colors!!!

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And I just told Nina that I liked this one better....LOL.

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Amazing capture! Well done!

wonderful capture on the wing !!

Incredible detail! Great job!!

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Wow...great in flight capture (him, not you...lol). So pretty! :)

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