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Location

Chobe River, Right bank
Botswana

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/640 s, f/7.1, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Mangrovereiher Dutch  Mangrovereiger
Italian  Airone striato Spanish  Garcita Verdosa

Comments

A typically secretive, crouching heron. Note black crown, erected when alarmed.




 

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    24/08/2011

Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Héron strié

Jean-Michel PAULUS