ML118198861

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

Chukar

Observation details

continuing from last night; E Contessa Cir (E of Greenwood) // The Chukar quintet spent the night in a hug-fest by our front door. Keith was reading the morning paper, when he heard the Chukars chatting in the back yard. At 6:58a.m., they trotted across the front yard and cul-de-sac, heading to the nearby power tower greenway which is on the N side of E Contessa Cir. The Chukars moved in sync like members of a beehive soccer team, with a bouncy high-stepping gait that sets them apart from the local Gambel's Quail. At the E end of the cul-de-sac, they moved around the end of the block fence and stayed along the fence line as they slowly headed east down the greenway. At 7:23 a.m., we drove Poppa to the end of the cul-de-sac to show him the guests. By then, the Chukars had crossed the small retention basin and were now E of Calle Largo (first road E of cited cul-de-sac). They were still hugging the southern edge of the greenway. We left at this point and did not observe the Chukars further.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

ISO

5000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

2417 pixels x 1612 pixels

Original file size

2.25 MB