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Night heron

Night heron

Encountered this beautiful bird, a black-capped night heron, along the canal - easy to photograph as they tend to stand still for a long time... Photo taken wit...
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Encountered this beautiful bird, a black-capped night heron, along the canal - easy to photograph as they tend to stand still for a long time... Photo taken with zoom, late afternoon.
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Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 1/80 Focal Length 112148/1000

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May, 2017

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