ML66373231
Contributor
Allen Gathman Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Duck Creek CA (Stoddard Co.)
Stoddard, Missouri, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
With Mississippi Kite for comparison.
Observation details
Same size and general shape as Mississippi Kites it was circling with. Head entirely white. Ventral side of body and underwing coverts white. Ventral wing primaries and secondaries and tail all charcoal to black. Dorsal side all black except white head. Pronounced pointed forked tail. Circling over Highway 51 passing over us repeatedly at a height of 30 feet or so. In full sun; depending on the side of the road the bird was on, sometimes sun was in front of us, sometimes directly behind us, when bird overhead sun at 90 degree angle. Observed in flight with 10x binoculars for over 30 minutes.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 32.5 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 914 pixels x 536 pixels
- Original file size
- 51.67 KB