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Walk on water ... egrets feed very actively at dusk,
Tama river, Tokyo.
Camera: Minolta 303,  Lens: 70-300mm,  Exposure: 60/5.6
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A bird in hand is worth ... near the iris pool of meiji shrine, Tokyo.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 70-300mm,  Exposure: 60/5.6
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These reclusive mandarin ducks can be seen hiding in
the low lying branches in pool of the outer garden of meiji shrine, Tokyo.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 400mm,  Exposure: 60/5.6
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These kites fly very low on the Enoshima beach, Japan.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 300mm,  Exposure: 500/8
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A beautiful butterfly seen near Mt. Fuji, Japan.
Camera: Minolta 303,  Lens: 300mm,  Exposure: unrecorded
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Kingfisher waiting for an easy meal, tama river, Japan.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 400mm,  Exposure: 60/5.6
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Whistling ducks arriving at a lake in winter,
Agartala, India.
Camera: Minolta 303,  Lens: 300mm,  Exposure: 500/8
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All images were scanned from slides, heavily compressed and stored in
jpeg format for web display.
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Caught this expression during a ride through
the Fuji safari park, Japan. Perhaps too adept at people sticking out long lenses
at them.
Camera: Minolta 303,  Lens: 400mm,  Exposure: 250/5.6
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Egrets can be very territorial during feeding time,
an egret performing a mock charge, Minami-tama, japan.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 400mm,  Exposure: 500/5.6
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A Grey Heron waiting patiently for manna to rise
from the ground during low tide, at yatsu-higata,a tidal flat in Chiba, Japan.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 400mm,  Exposure: 250/5.6
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A stork flies from the top of a tree to the nearby
paddy fields, Agartala , India.
Camera: Minolta 303,  Lens: 300mm,  Exposure: 500/8
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Just in time to catch the flight. Witnessed this
maginificient moment of a Large Egret on a winter morning at yatsu-higata,
a tidal flat in Chiba, Japan.
Camera: Minolta 807,  Lens: 400mm,  Exposure: unrecorded
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