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Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron's Water World

It is a good thing that I invested in rainboots because I was climbing through streams to get this photo of a Great Blue Heron surveying his water world kingdom...
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It is a good thing that I invested in rainboots because I was climbing through streams to get this photo of a Great Blue Heron surveying his water world kingdom. LOL. It was more than worth it.
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HDC-TM90

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Aperture f/3.5 Shutter 1/100

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Jan, 2014

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Thank you again. I really appreciate it. I actually almost fell into the beaver pond getting this photo. LOL!

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