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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by Dragoon
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Closest I've ever been to a Great Blue in my life. Only had to use my 70-200mm F/2.8 IS II lens and didn't even have to crop the images! While I was taking the third image, the close up, I could literally reach out and touch this beautiful bird! Amazing.

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