{"id":18628,"date":"2024-02-22T05:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18628"},"modified":"2024-02-22T05:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:53:14","slug":"florida-tricolor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18628","title":{"rendered":"Florida! Tricolor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"18627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=18627\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1706005723&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"p1238323-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-18627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?resize=678%2C904&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p1238323-1.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tricolored Heron: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA, January 2024 \u2014 There are a two ways you can go on foot from the rest stop parking half way around Blackpoint Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island\u2026or maybe I should say two ends of the big loop trail. You can go straight out, and a long way round, or you can walk out to the observation tower and back. I have only done the whole loop once, and was in some fear I might never get back, so I generally just walk out to the tower. I did not go to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival during Covid, of course, and they only got rekindled this year, but there was a Tricolored Heron sitting just exactly were I saw and photographed one sitting, just this side of the tower, 4 years ago. Maybe the same heron? OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm IS zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. 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