Canon 5D Mk III, 300mm f/2.8 IS. Hand held. ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec. Full frame with enough added canvas to allow some rotation, then cropped back -- it was almost straight overhead and I caught it at an odd angle. Basic LR adjustments to reduce contrast then to PS CS6 for slight NR and sharpening.
I don't know if they are nesting earlier this year or if I've just gotten out earlier to see the action -- the weather is normally rainy in March and we're often gone for a few weeks about now. So I'm enjoying some opportunities I haven't normally found, although this nest-building or repair behavior has a fairly long window. It's a local rookery that is visited by quite a few photographers, but they don't nest in the most photogenic trees -- redwood and eucalyptus. I think the flight shots are nicer.







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