Snorkeling Heron in Turkey Creek - a photo on Flickriver

            I watched this Great Blue for a while from the boardwalk. 
At first I was wondering what it was doing as it stabbed at floating sticks and gobbled up the occasional morsel, then it snatched a passing dragonfly right out of the air.

It's either very lucky, or very good.

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Turkey Creek Park
City of Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
OLYMPUS M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
   

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Taken on: October 1, 2018

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Camera: Olympus E-M5MarkII, f/6.7, 1/400 sec, 281mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5MarkII
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
Aperture:	f/6.7
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	281mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	+5 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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