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Quarreling sandpipers

Quarreling sandpipers

It appeared like the two sandpipers could not agree on the ownership of a speck of plankton. Sandpipers usually act almost synchronously, running back and forth...
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It appeared like the two sandpipers could not agree on the ownership of a speck of plankton. Sandpipers usually act almost synchronously, running back and forth near the moving water. I have not seen much quarreling among them
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SONY SLT-A77V

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 2100/10

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Sep, 2017

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