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Black Beauty (2014)

Black Beauty (2014)

Photographed at the Santa Barbara Zoo in summer of 2014, it is as if she looked right at me and said, "I'm your black beauty."...
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Photographed at the Santa Barbara Zoo in summer of 2014, it is as if she looked right at me and said, "I'm your black beauty."
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Nikon D5100

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Nov, 2017

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I thought you must have been at my place. They are endemic to S.E. Australia. I live at Oyster Cove, 20 mins away from a Town called Cygnet where the young get their name. Patrick

Stunning!! シ

Incredibly gorgeous bird....

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