Captured in the early morning near Toronto, beg. of September

  • Vandals_handle
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    16 days ago

    Excellent shot! Black legs and feet with yellow bill, most likely a Great egret.

    • NooodelOP
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      16 days ago

      Absolutely not :D

      I was only visiting on holidays, so not familiar with the local wildlife. I googled it after I shot the bird and acc. to Wikipedia Egrets are Herons… Since this one is white I figured it’s a white heron. But googling some more triggered by your question I understand now they are a distinct species and not a heron?

      • Cassanderer@thelemmy.club
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        16 days ago

        I’m not an expert, if it’s in the US it is probably an egret, I do not know what Eurasia has going on. Or Africa.

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    16 days ago

    That photo is sharp! Camera, lens, settings?

    • NooodelOP
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      16 days ago

      Tamron 50-400 on a Sony Alpha 7 Compact II.

      Settings I’ll have up look up, think shutter was around 1/1000, aperture wide open, full zoom as I didn’t want to disturb the bird.

      Also this was perhaps 30min after sunrise, good light always helps :)