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dolina wrote in post #19418498
Is this framed as is or cropped?

It's a ≈1.6x crop

To think another way....there's always another way.

Striated Heron

Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4-7.1L IS USM @700mm • 1/640 • f/10 • ISO 6400

Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4-7.1L IS USM @700mm • 1/640 • f/10 • ISO 6400

Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4-7.1L IS USM @700mm • 1/400 • f/10 • ISO 5000

To think another way....there's always another way.

Cormorant landing
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I might not always be right, but I am never wrong! Once I thought I was wrong but I was mistaken!

I was watching several Lesser Yellowlegs feeding on red worms they were pulling up from below...

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....then they all scattered when this Peregrine Falcon dive bombed on them looking to feed on a Yellowlegs.

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The Peregrine was super fast and agile in the air but missed on all attempts.

Taken with an R7.

Steve

Hammy74 wrote in post #19421006
I was watching several Lesser Yellowlegs feeding on red worms they were pulling up from below...

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nHE​59x POTN-.jpg by Hammy74, on Flickr

....then they all scattered when this Peregrine Falcon dive bombed on them looking to feed on a Yellowlegs.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nHB​QoG POTN--2.jpg by Hammy74, on Flickr

The Peregrine was super fast and agile in the air but missed on all attempts.

Taken with an R7.

Two great shots!

Time waits for no one!

sogs wrote in post #19421018
Two great shots!

Thanks for the comment.

The Peregrine was a nice surprise for me...not so much for the Yellowlegs.

Steve

Steve

green heron spear fishing

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jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19421383
green heron spear fishing

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Great shot of the fish! But do you know what he might have grasped in his claws??

Charles
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Inspeqtor wrote in post #19421413
Great shot of the fish! But do you know what he might have grasped in his claws??

Thank you, Charles
Funny my wife said the same thing in another shot, thinking that was the fish)
It's just the end of a branch that hung about 2 feet above the lake surface.

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jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19421438

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19421413
Great shot of the fish! But do you know what he might have grasped in his claws??

Thank you, Charles
Funny my wife said the same thing in another shot, thinking that was the fish)
It's just the end of a branch that hung about 2 feet above the lake surface.

Thank you Jimmy! I knew it was not a fish.....but was not sure what it was!

Charles
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jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19421383
green heron spear fishing

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dolina wrote in post #19421459
We got a winner here!

Thanks for the generous feedback, dolina!

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Immature Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

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dolina wrote in post #19421859

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Immature Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

Thank you

A1original
Archibald
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avondale87
Candor
Capn Jack
chuckmiller
clipper_from_oz
Cog2020
Inspeqtor
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Lyn2011
markesc
Pippan
rane
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RW123
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xx

May I ask why you added a few usernames in this post???

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