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24-Apr-2019 Donald E. Casavecchia

Great Blue Heron (Rookery)

Bluemont, Virginia

This Sycamore tree housed some 27 nests (12 with GBH tending) during our (wife & dog) morning birding walk at The Retreat at Cool Spring.
Just more reason for me to prefer the Sycamore Tree - - this tree species is amazing to me!
The tree was across the Shenandoah River in a heavily wooded area.
See 'next' for a closer view of this very same tree showing more of the herons.

Nikon D800 ,AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8G with TC 2.0 E II
1/320s f/16.0 at 285mm iso400
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Date/Time24-Apr-2019 10:32:14
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D800
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length190 mm
Exposure Time1/320 sec
Aperturef/16
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias0.00
White Balance0
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance23.714 m

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Martin Lamoon05-Dec-2020 21:58
Amazing to see so many nests
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