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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

We travel about an hour to go to where the Hummingbirds are active in Madera Canyon. The Broadbills are plentiful this time of the year in the canyon.
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We travel about an hour to go to where the Hummingbirds are active in Madera Canyon. The Broadbills are plentiful this time of the year in the canyon.
Lens: Nikon 28- 300 lens
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NIKON D850

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/5000 Focal Length 3000/10

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Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

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Jun, 2020

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