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| 26-May-2014 | Gerry Gantt |
2014 Photograph, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea caerulea) Nest, Dad with a Fecal Pellet, Occoquan Bay NWR, Woodbridge, Virginia. © 2014.
Nest cleanliness is very important, so to help achieve this, the chicks produce an encapsulated fecal pellet which the parents then carry away from the nest. The male seemed to carry out this function most often--Dad carrying out the garbage, so to speak!
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers Nesting
Polioptila caerulea caerulea
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers - - Little Bitty Birds Way Up in the Trees (Usually)
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| Full EXIF Info | |
| Date/Time | 26-May-2014 08:53:35 |
| Make | Nikon |
| Model | NIKON D3X |
| Flash Used | No |
| Focal Length | 650 mm |
| Exposure Time | 1/500 sec |
| Aperture | f/9 |
| ISO Equivalent | 400 |
| Exposure Bias | -1.00 |
| White Balance | 0 |
| Metering Mode | matrix (5) |
| JPEG Quality | (6) |
| Exposure Program | aperture priority (3) |
| Focus Distance | |
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