ML121748921
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Very rare; only 3 previous Nebraska records for the fall. Basic plumaged bird found foraging in the deeper water of the large flooded field north of Nathan's Lake (same one as the Black-bellied Plover). It was a large shorebird with overall grayish plumage with slight brownish cast to wings and neck and a pale belly contrasting the darker plumage. It also had a pale eyebrow and a long bill with an upturned tip that was dark on the first half and flesh colored on the back half. I briefly saw the bird in flight before losing it, and I was able to see that it had a white wing stripe on the top and bottom of its wing as well as a dark underwing. This wing pattern should eliminate all other godwit species. It also gave a single 'whek' note that matched recording of Hudsonian Godwits that I found online.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 673 pixels x 558 pixels
- Original file size
- 76.31 KB