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A friend at my local lake Always nice to see this guy when I go down to my local lake! :) I call him Bob. Ardea purpurea,Fall,Geotagged,Hebbal lake,India,John Rowell,Purple Heron,adhocphotographer,bangalore,india Click/tap to enlarge

A friend at my local lake

Always nice to see this guy when I go down to my local lake! :) I call him Bob.

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The Purple heron

The purple heron is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. The scientific name comes from Latin "ardea" "heron", and "purpureus", "coloured purple". It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.

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Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by JohnR
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Uploaded Jan 28, 2015. Captured Oct 17, 2014 07:54 in 118, Outer Ring Road, Subramanya Nagar, Guddadahalli, Hebbal Kempapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560024, India.
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  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO640
  • 700mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.