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Zackiedawg

Purple martin (Progne subis)

Our martin houses at all the wetlands are pretty full this time of year - I visited three different wetlands reserves, and every martin house was full occupancy. This one was at the western wetlands where I went to see the wood ducks, and they were surprisingly unconcerned with me walking right under their house along the levee...though this one kept an eye on me
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Habitat
Field, grassland
Location
Wellington, Florida
Date taken
march 13, 2021
Scientific name
Progne subis
Equipment used
Sony A6600, Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
600mm, F7.1, 1/640 shutter, 100 ISO
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How very beautiful this image is and beautifully captured Zack.
 

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North America
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Image metadata

Device
SONY ILCE-6600
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/640
ISO
100
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
WkoGrenPW 13mar21 0020.JPG
File size
271.9 KB
Date taken
Sat, 13 March 2021 1:03 PM
Dimensions
1400px x 1120px

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