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Great Blue Calling

Great Blue Calling

Great Blue Heron calls her mate while they rebuild their nest.

Great Blue Heron calls her mate while they rebuild their nest.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/9 ISO 1100 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 4800/10

location

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Milpitas, California, US

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upload_date

Jan, 2020

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Creative and incredibly beautiful!!! I love the detail of her feathers!!! Superb coloration as well!!!

Wow! That's awesome!

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Wow fantastic creative edit love this one :-)

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They rebuild the nest each year and have had two chicks each year. They are pretty high in the tree so I had to crop it. They eat the berries from the nest..

Fantastic capture!

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What a great picture!

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Looks more like she is bitching him out...lol

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Wow...great timing and capture!!

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