This Great Blue Heron was preening while perched on a small log, Sep. 3, 2015, at the Ridgefield NWR. The preening turned into scratching and that’s when the head feathers spread out for this shot.
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Canon 5D Mark III, 1/2000, f5.6, ISO 640, 700mm (500 + 1.4x), 9:31 a.m.