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Agami Heron
Stanley Jones

Agami Heron (Agamia agami)

Agami Heron (Agamia agami) Photographed this gorgeous but wary Heron in a mangrove swamp off a tributary of Ri Trcoles. North of Playa Azul and west side of Parque Nacional Carara, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Mangrove swamp at ca. 1 m (3.2 ft) elevation. Sexes similar.
Canon 30D with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 300 mm. Shutter speed 1/250 with flash, f/5.6. March 2007
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Habitat
Mangrove swamp at ca. 1 m (3.2 ft) elevation.
Location
Tributary of Ri Trcoles. North of Playa Azul and west side of Parque Nacional Carara, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
Date taken
March 2007
Scientific name
Agamia agami
Equipment used
Canon 30D with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 300 mm. Shutter speed 1/250 with flash, f/5.6.
KC Foggin
Supporter
Beautiful focusing going on here Stanley and a lovely capture of this rarity to the Gallery.
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
Well hats off to you for even seeing the thing in there in the first place and well done with the focusing too.

A great shot of a species that we rarely see here; thanks for sharing with us Stanley.

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E
Well spotte, and nicely focused through the thick reeds, Superb capture of this rarely seen bird, Stanley.
 
Raul Padilla
good job Stanley, i think the value of one photo is the result of a equation where the parameters are the rarity, the dificult for find and see and in minor deggred the pixels
 

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