ML123636471
Contributor
Eddie Owens Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Crabtree County Park
Wake, North Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Swan with black bill, straight neck, white body. Used scope to view it from the tower (and, earlier, from the 1st gravel lot). Can rule out Trumpeter Swan based on characteristics of head and bill. The heads on these birds were rounded, not angular. The eyes on these birds were more distinct & separated from facial skin, not blended or swallowed up by the black facial pattern. Where the forehead meets the bill, the pattern is more U-shaped, not V-shaped when viewing the bird head on. I was not able to detect yellow in the lores but visibility was challenging. After sweeping my scope across the lake to look for other birds, I could not relocate the swans. I did not see them in flight.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/60 sec
- Dimensions
- 4000 pixels x 3000 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.68 MB