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ArthurDent

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Heron in flight
« on: April 26, 2018, 03:44:30 »
A nice heron, they can look quite ungainly, especially while landing, but I caught this one in one of its better moments

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Re: Heron in flight
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2018, 03:52:49 »
That's a wood stork, but I agree about its ungainliness.

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Re: Heron in flight
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2018, 12:07:00 »
This image nicely shows why naturalists such as David Attenborough say that birds are descendants of the dinosaurs.
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Re: Heron in flight
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2018, 19:30:27 »
Beautiful shot!

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Re: Heron in flight
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2018, 15:43:38 »
That's a wood stork, but I agree about its ungainliness.

You are entirely correct, brain fart on my part!

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Re: Heron in flight
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2018, 15:45:18 »