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spotted nutcracker
bievreJJ

spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

never trust the weather forecast, they announced blue skies but I spent most of the day in the clouds (together with the nutcrackers fortunately)
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Habitat
open alpine pine forest at 1800 m altitude
Location
Chamrousse, Isère, France
Date taken
21 August 2022
Scientific name
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Equipment used
canon EOS 90D + canon 400 mm 1:5.6
peterday
Opus Editor
I've seen these once in Bhutan - very striking birds - well captured in the circumstances, JJ!
 
aloktewari
Opus Editor
Mind blowing inflight capture of this fabulous 🤩 bird 🐦 ... great 👍 work JJ ☺️... TFS
 

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Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
bievreJJ
Date added
View count
352
Comment count
9

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 90D
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
100
Filename
spotted nutcracker 22_10.jpg
File size
1.7 MB
Date taken
Sun, 21 August 2022 11:36 AM
Dimensions
2925px x 1646px

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