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Stanley Jones

Great Egret, 2 blue-winged Teal.jpg (Ardea alba, Spatula discors)

Great Egret (Ardea alba egretta) with its two Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) body guards, asleep.
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Habitat
Shoveler pond a freshwater marsh with some open water surrounded by coastal prairie and marshes at ca. 1 m (3.3) ft elevation.
Location
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, southwest of Winnie, Chambers County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
February 2021
Scientific name
Ardea alba, Spatula discors
Equipment used
Canon
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Reactions: Ozprey1, sbarnhardt, Mohamad Kamrani and 2 others
peterow
Two wonderful colourfully lit and well detailed captures Stanley. Brilliant, well done.
 
KC Foggin
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A beautiful image of this Egret and the hiding Teal ;) Stanley. So nicely captured.
 
B
wow!! fantastic photo, Stanley, perfect timing to capture this great pose, lovely reflections and love the two teals too, top class, many tfs!!
 
Donald Talbott
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Superb capture of this Great Egret preening Stanley, nice shot of those two Teals as well mate. Tfs.
 
Kits
What a great pose from the egret, Stanley, a lovely setting and I like the teal playing book ends!
 
Chris G6 UXU
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Lovely shot, pose, setting, reflection and capture Stanley, many tfs and a fine set today.
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
100
Comment count
16

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
300.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600
ISO
250
Filename
Great Egret, 2 blue-winged Teal.jpg
File size
1.5 MB
Date taken
Mon, 01 February 2021 12:29 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 852px

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