ML107666481
Contributor
John van Dort Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lagunas de Villanueva en RR V420
Choluteca, Honduras
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Observation details
We were here three days earlier, when we found a pair attending a recent fledgling, which established evidence of the first known breeding in Honduras for this species. We came back to better document that breeding event, but this proved rather difficult. The pair and the recent fledgling were easily found, but as soon as we got to less than 100 m distance, the adults would become very agitated and start their mobbing behavior, while the fledgling would press itself low against the grassy vegetation, and immediately become invisible. However, in some of my heavily cropped photos of the fledgling, the scaling on the back feathers and the reduced amount of black in the face can be appreciated.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 4139 pixels x 3104 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.84 MB