ML121064941

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Medium size owl with yellow eyes, flying low over the open coastal marsh just southeast of the fort. Then sitting on the ground for several minutes. Heavily streaked breast, nearly white chest & belly. Pale underwing with comma shaped mark near the wrist. Just before seeing this owl, I was observing a northern harrier hunting over the same marsh area. Until I got home and looked at the photos in detail, I assumed it was a young horned owl (mainly from the yellow eyes & ear tufts), but was surprised to see it hunting in that area, during the day, and sitting on the ground. The time was 16:08, sunny, clear day, ~74 deg. Please note the order of the photos...in flight ones came first. I am NOT a highly experienced birder, so am quite anxious to know if I got this correct. Note: Four of these photos have been posted to eBird Rarity Photos on Flickr. Full photo set at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmsyWEAv

Technical information

Model

NIKON D500

Lens

150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3

ISO

450

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

2418 pixels x 1612 pixels

Original file size

2.83 MB