{"id":4717,"date":"2014-01-27T05:10:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T10:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2014-01-27T05:16:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T10:16:05","slug":"handsome-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=4717","title":{"rendered":"Handsome Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wpid-IMG_0225_1_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0225_1_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wpid-IMG_0225_1_1.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, when we made one last visit to Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Melbourne (aka Viera Wetlands, in the rain, as it would happen)&#8230;this pair of Great Blue Herons had the nest all built and were actively mating. The light was a challenge for digiscoping, but I managed a whole sequence of mating behaviour. This is, clearly, the stand and stare phase. Which is followed by bill clicking, which is followed by his mounting her&#8230;which is followed by making the new generation. <\/p>\n<p>Digiscoped with the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL with the Canon SD320HS behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece using the Digidapter for ZEISS. ISO 400 @ 1\/160th @ f5 (determined by the camera). 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