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24-JUN-2015

Little Egret

With many, many thanks to Hank Vander Velde for putting out the alert on this exceptionally rare bird at a park thankfully within short bicycling distance of my place while my car was unavailable. This bird is native to Africa, India and south Asia through to northeastern Australia. It strayed here somehow and was first found a couple of weeks ago at a different location. Since then it had wandered widely, never appearing in the same place twice and sometimes not being found for many days. Today it was found early in the morning by Hank at a popular park feeding in the bay near(ish) the shoreline for good views through scopes and camera lenses. It remained at the park all day until around 4 pm when it flew off towards the east and out of view, leaving everyone wondering (especially those traveling from afar) where will it be next?!

Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
1/2500s f/8.0 at 560.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time24-Jun-2015 11:39:06
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 7D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length560 mm
Exposure Time1/2500 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias-0.33
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pkocinski26-Jun-2015 10:46
Glad to got to see and capture this rarity finally! Well done.
Cynthia (Cindy) Sutcliffe26-Jun-2015 09:04
Wonderful composition, light and details. Worth the trip!
Hank Vander Velde26-Jun-2015 01:45
Terrific shot of it Chris. Glad you were able to make it out.
larose forest photos26-Jun-2015 00:58
FANTASTIC image showing those ``golden slippers` as some guide books call them! What a treat to see this. V
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