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A Great Blue Heron taking some time out from fishing to do some wing preening.

A Great Blue Heron taking some time out from fishing to do some wing preening.
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Canon EOS 70D

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 640 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 420/1

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Jul, 2017

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