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Limpkin Leavings<\/h4>\n

<\/a>The Limpkin is a strange bird, only vaguely related to any other living bird species, and feeds almost exclusively on the Apple Snail. That long bill has a special grove tool that enables the Limpkin to pluck the snail from its shell. You rarely (or at least \u201cI\u201d rarely see) an Apple Snail shell like this one\u2026whole.<\/p>\n

I could not resist the shape and the light and got down on the ground with the filp out lcd of the Sony to take the pic. <\/p>\n

Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1\/640th @ ISO 100. Programmed auto.<\/p>\n

Added Clarity and Vibrance in Lightroom. Blackpoint to the right. Sharpen landscape preset. Cropped for composition.<\/p>\n

The Limpkin pic, by the way, was also taken out the window of the car with the Sony @ 465mm equivalent, though I have PhotoScoped pics of the same bird. That is how close I got. I have never seen a Limpkin this close!<\/p>\n

From Space Coast Briding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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