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Blue-winged Kookaburra
peterday

Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii leachii)

Habitat
Woodland
Location
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, Queensland, Australia
Date taken
14/07/2021
Scientific name
Dacelo leachii leachii
Equipment used
Canon EOS 90D with Canon EF 300mm f2.8L IS II USM + 2.0 extender 111
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Reactions: delia todd, Mohamad Kamrani, Ozprey1 and 3 others
drjpmenon
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Wonderful find and shot! Looking at the thumbnails, I mistook him for a kingfisher..
 
Stanley Jones
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Beautiful species of Kookaburra and a marvelous open view taken in great lighting. Exquisite Peter! TFS!
 
j toon
awesome work pete, an excellent image of this beautiful kookaburra...must be wonderful to see one in the wild...many thanks....
 
bievreJJ
fantastic photo, Peter, love the weird expression on its face, top notch, many tfs!!
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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peterday
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 90D
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/3200 second(s)
ISO
400
Filename
1996 Kookaburra, Blue-winged 05a.jpg
File size
92.8 KB
Date taken
Wed, 14 July 2021 8:12 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 819px

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