The airspace over the James River was busy with raptors on Sunday, May 7, in the early morning. ©2023John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

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A tri-colored heron rolls the clutch of egg she has in her nest to make sure their incubation is even. St. Augustine Alligator Farm in northeast Florida. c.2023 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

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NOTE: Because of lens flaws, I had to do a little extra work in Denoise and Sharpen with this one. A young buck is just coming into his antlers at the Greenfield commercial park near my home in Botetourt County, Va. I'd thought to take my rarely used D850 for a spin on this particular afternoon, using the 1.4X converter with a 200-500mm lens. I've always thought the results with the extender has been soft, and I still think so. This is odd because the same extender gives me tack-sharp images on my mirrorless body. ©2023 John M. Hudson

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Not even some newly arrived beachcombers can interrupt an osprey picking up his catch. (Also see the related adjacent photo, 2020.10.06.3567.D850 Hey, That's My Fish.) Matanzas Inlet south of St. Augustine, Fla., October 2020. ©2020 John M. Hudson

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Just a quick slice of life and death: This is the exposure that I made a split second before the image 2020.10.06.8568 Al Fresco Dining, which is adjacent to this one. This one shows a father and daughter approaching the beach at Matanzas Inlet in northeast Florida just as an osprey was doing a grab and snatch on a fish in a tidal pool. ©2020 John M. Hudson

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