Birds Nesting Yellow Crowned Night Heron

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A neighbor let me know about a nesting bird close to their house and wanted me to come see if I could ID it and take some pictures. I headed over there to find a pair of night herons in the process of nest building in a pine tree very close to several homes. I set up my tripod and camera to capture what I could without disturbing the couple. I used an R5 with adapted Sigma 60-600mm set to 600. Here are the results with a fairly heavy crop on the first one. 20230410-_E7A6095-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME.jpg 20230410-_E7A6135-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME-2.jpg
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  • Canon EOS R5
  • 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Sports 018
  • 600.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/640 sec
  • ISO 4000
20230410-_E7A6135-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME-2.jpg
  • Canon EOS R5
  • 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Sports 018
  • 600.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/1000 sec
  • ISO 4000
 
You had a lovely find. I assume you will keep an eye out for the nestlings.
 

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