{"id":21428,"date":"2025-07-26T06:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21428"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:43:13","slug":"great-blue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21428","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"21427\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=21427\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?fit=2000%2C1268&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1268\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1753353062&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc01219\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?fit=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?fit=904%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?resize=904%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-21427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?resize=1024%2C649&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?resize=768%2C487&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?resize=1536%2C974&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?resize=904%2C573&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc01219.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Blue Heron: St. Anthony&#8217;s Monastery, Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2025: The friars at St. Anthony\u2019s Franciscan Monastery maintain a pond between two arms of the river, which is frequented by herons, ducks, geese, kingfishers and dragonflies\u2026not to mention deer coming for a drink. This hunting heron was very intent on its next meal. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. 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This hunting heron was very intent on its next meal. 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