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Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher
Published August 23, 2019
Updated August 29, 2019
Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher
Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Where’s Mom” by Bob Faucher. Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park, Utah.
“A young red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), perched in last year’s dried up cattails, waits for its parent to return with food,” says Faucher.
Canon EOS 30D; Canon EF 70-200mm + 2x @ 400mm.. Exposure: 1/1250 sec., f/5.6, ISO 100.
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