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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF and 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens. Badger via the Bushnell Trophy cam.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1044,1003,989],"tags":[160,378,522,1158,453],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastal","category-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-badger-2","tag-black-headed-gull","tag-great-black-backed-gull","tag-herring-gull","tag-oystercatcher","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t