ML104591231
Contributor
John Doty Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Fisherman's Bend Marina
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Good views and fair photos of perched bird. Appeared significantly larger and heavier than barn swallows and violet-green swallows which were also in area. Dark gray/black above, mottled white/gray/brown on throat, breast, and belly; white downy feathers visible at shoulder; white undertail coverts and notched tail. Bill relatively longer than the other swallows, with distinct down-curve. Crown dark, but back of head lighter. Bird appeared somewhat disheveled, perhaps young and/or exhausted. Moved around on its perch at top of power pole, but did not fly during 15 min. of observation. Closely resembles adult female Western illustrated in Sibley.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 480 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1326 pixels x 884 pixels
- Original file size
- 365.98 KB