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Not the mouse’s day

A Great Blue Heron waits patiently for a mouse to stick his head out of the ground, and snags dinner.  Oct. 27, 2015, at the Ridgefield NWR.

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Canon 5D Mark III, 1/1250, f4.5, ISO 2500, 500mm, 4:36 p.m.

A Great Blue Heron waits patiently for a mouse to stick his head out of the ground, and snags dinner.  Oct. 27, 2015, at the Ridgefield NWR.

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Canon 5D Mark III, 1/1250, f4.5, ISO 2500, 500mm, 4:36 p.m.

2 thoughts on “Not the mouse’s day”

  1. wow. what a teriffic capture! reading your articles and love them. i started birding photography about 5.5 years ago and started with canon rebel and 200 ml lens. then as you went to 7d and 100-400 ml canon ef lens. i just love photographing birds. i’m learning a lot of extras from your writings. thank you! i’m on Facebook at eric bt c . if you’d like to have a peek at a few of my birds. i have 24,000 pics in lr5.7 i’ve collected over the past 6 years.

    1. Hey Eric, I appreciate that you’re viewing my site and reading the articles. Thanks so much for the nice words on the shot. Keep shooting and learning–that’s my motto! I’ll try to take a peek at your work when I get a chance.

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