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Zackiedawg

Wurdemann's heron (Ardea herodias)

A great blue heron intermediate morph that occurs when a great blue heron and a great white heron (which is a specific morph of great blue heron found in South Florida that presents as all white) mate...the Wurdemann's heron is an odd hybrid that's quite rare and a treat to see
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Habitat
Wetlands
Location
Delray Beach, Florida
Date taken
January 21, 2012
Scientific name
Ardea herodias
Equipment used
Sony DSLR-A580, Minolta 300mm F4 APO w/APO II 1.4x teleconverter
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
420mm, F5.6, 1/500 shutter, 160 ISO
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KC Foggin
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A beautiful close up image of this well captured Heron Zack!
 
delia todd
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That's a great, and interesting picture Justin. I've not heard of this one before.

It will shortly be uploaded to The Opus article - many thanks for sharing it with us.
 

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Category
North America
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Zackiedawg
Date added
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
SONY DSLR-A580
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
420.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500
ISO
160
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
166401959.zLBIsQML.049b.jpg
File size
532.4 KB
Date taken
Sat, 21 January 2012 4:17 PM
Dimensions
1400px x 1120px

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