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The sparrow and the mayfly

The sparrow and the mayfly

A house sparrow flies out and hovers to try and catch an emerging mayfly (which is just at the surface of the water). I watched this scene continue for a few ho...
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A house sparrow flies out and hovers to try and catch an emerging mayfly (which is just at the surface of the water). I watched this scene continue for a few hours as the mayflies emerged as adults out of the upper reaches of the River Aire in West Yorkshire.

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Canon EOS 5DS

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Aperture f/4 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 500/1

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May, 2017

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