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Zackiedawg

Green heron showing its hidden neck (Butorides virescens)

The short, stocky looking little herons that seem to have no neck at all, reveal that they actually have quite a long neck hidden inside those feathers when they perch on a branch or reed over the water and stalk a fish
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Habitat
Wetlands
Location
Delray Beach, FL
Date taken
March 20, 2021
Scientific name
Butorides virescens
Equipment used
Sony A6600, Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
200mm, F5.6, 1/320 shutter, 400 ISO
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Zackiedawg
Thank you all. Just for comparison purposes, here's the same green heron with the neck compacted:
original.jpg
 

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Category
North America
Added by
Zackiedawg
Date added
View count
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
SONY ILCE-6600
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
200.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
171504369.rl3YR2ka.WkoGreen20mar210245.jpg
File size
820.2 KB
Date taken
Sat, 20 March 2021 3:28 PM
Dimensions
1800px x 1200px

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