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18-JUL-2009

Week Six, Osprey Chick Super Pooper (DRB105)

Virginia, U.S.A. view map

July 18, 2009 Photograph, Week Six, Osprey Chick Super Pooper (Pandion haliaetus). Occoquan Bay NWR, Woodbridge, Virginia. © 2009.

The chicks keep the nest clean by cocking their rears up in the air and squirting their poop away from the nest. That is what that white stream is on the far right of the photo.
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Nikon D3X ,Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR ,Digital
1/320s f/13.0 at 400.0mm iso200 full exif

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