ML127604971

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

Clear view of head pattern, with vertical dark mark behind eye and bold black bar across nape. Also note all-black bill, relatively slender compared to Ring-bill's.

Observation details

Found by Matt Rowe at same time as by David Becher and WGNSS group, west end of Ellis Bay. Besides field marks on the water (see photos), had one brief flight study, showing heavy black bar across middle of inner wing and another along leading edge of primaries, creating the bold black M-pattern. A rare bird in the midwest; majority of Missouri records are along the Mississippi, late fall through early spring, with some additional records here and there across the state (see Robbins). Total records quite a bit more than 15; thus listed as "rare," not "casual," and state documentation not necessary. Seen about 9:30 AM but gone an hour later; I'm told that it reappeared briefly mid-PM below the dam, in Illinois.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

200

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

3299 pixels x 2152 pixels

Original file size

1.25 MB