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Treetop Dining

Treetop Dining

A snowy egret feeds her greedy, newly fledged chick atop a tree at a local park rookery near San Jose, California

A snowy egret feeds her greedy, newly fledged chick atop a tree at a local park rookery near San Jose, California
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 320 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 6000/10

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California, US

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Apr, 2020

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Wow...great timing. And talk about biting the "hand, or beak" that feeds you. Yikes!

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