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Great Blue Heron Catching a Large Catfish-057

Great Blue Heron Catching a Large Catfish-057

I went back to the pond at Crabtree Nature Center and the only thing of interest I could find was this Great Blue Heron quite a distance away standing on logs. ...
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I went back to the pond at Crabtree Nature Center and the only thing of interest I could find was this Great Blue Heron quite a distance away standing on logs. The heron jumped into the pond 3 times and flew up to the logs without catching anything. It jumped in again, came up with this large catfish. It is the biggest fish I have ever seen a heron catch. It flew off into the island in the middle of the pond.
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NIKON D7100

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Aperture f/10 ISO 640 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 5500/10

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Aug, 2018

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