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    Great blue heron

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    Great blue heron
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    by Yves Langlois from Sherbrooke CA on 30 Jul 2025
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    About to land on the bank of the Magog river. Notice the feathers moving in the air turbulence due to the shifting wings position.

    • Camera: ILCE-7RM4A
    tagged: great heron plant vegetation animal bird land nature outdoors rainforest tree pond water crane_bird waterfowl beak anhinga vertebrate wing great_herons wildlife ciconiiformes watercourse feather gruiformes

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    perkyleb posted 2025-07-31 2:00pm

    Great job, Yves. Lots of details on those wings.

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    Debra Plett posted 2025-07-30 7:13pm

    Very nice timing Yves, you have captured the massive wingspan perfectly.

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    Clifford Dupuis posted 2025-07-30 4:23pm

    Very nice action capture Yves. So much detail, well done

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    hmellon posted 2025-07-30 3:40pm

    Gorgeous capture of his very impressive wingspan, Yves. Great shot!

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