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Heavy Necking

Heavy Necking

A Great Egret strikes at a fish in Arcata Marsh's brackish pond.

A Great Egret strikes at a fish in Arcata Marsh's brackish pond.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/9 ISO 640 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 8000/10

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Nov, 2018

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A Barn Swallow feeding its fledglings at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary.

As a Gentoo Penguin chick wakes up from a nap, its parent bends over for a feeding.

A young Northern Harrier patrols the freshwater ponds at Arcata Marsh as the sun sets.

A Chinstrap Penguin cares for its chicks on a rookery above Orne Harbor along the Antarctic Peninsula.

A Short-eared Owl at sunset in Arcata Bottoms

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A Great Egret swallowing a fry in the McDaniel Slough tidal wetlands at Arcata Marsh

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