Heron

Ilya, I think it's not a stork, it's a heron. Regards, Franz.

This is a Great Blue Heron. Is the image cropped, or did you capture the whole bird? Magnificent bird!

@Michael the image is cropped, but i did not capture the whole bird. Unfortunately, this was an opportunistic photo and i only captured that half. I cropped it down to make it more dramatic. Most of the right side of the photo is cropped out. I will also change the name of the photo. Thank you Franz and Michael for looking at it.

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Herons have a way of making unexpected appearances, and their wing span is so large that a telephoto lens’ angle of view is often too narrow to include the whole bird. I have developed the habit of zooming out, the moment I see a heron preparing to take flight. I never tire of photographing them. Good luck! Hope you post more pictures.

Nice work.