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Black-Crowned Night Heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: National Parks (Standard Editing*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Dec 25, 2009
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/1614
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2016

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FL: 432mm (35mm EQ)

Black-Crowned Night Heron, (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Taken at the Lake Merritt Bird Sanctuary, the first wildlife refuge in North America (established in 1869).

Statistics
Place: 110 out of 131
Avg (all users): 5.1889
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1552
Avg (non-participants): 5.2500
Views since voting: 677
Views during voting: 147
Votes: 90
Comments: 3
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
09/06/2016 02:56:47 PM
If you didn't called it a heron, I would call it a penguin ;) Wonderful eyes!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 09/03/2016 08:16:52 PM
Somebody should call the Sierra Club, alert them to all the wonderful photos in this challenge. It's truly amazing. What a beautiful planet we have to live on. Thanks for posting this shot.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/01/2016 09:53:57 PM
Doesn't he just look pissed off??? I would have loved to know where this was shot. It's very tightly cropped. But you do have good feather detail...I'll give you that.
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