ML128263331

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing bird originally found by Kimball Garrett. Large, tall, gray wading bird with "bustle" on rear end, and bright red forehead. Confusable with Great Blue Heron when seen poorly (especially with its head tucked in, which is how we first found it), but with good views easily distinguishable by smaller head/bill than GBHE, red forehead, "bustle", and different posture. Hides in the reeds surprisingly well for such a large bird, especially when it holds its head down. We first found it at 7am on an island at the south end of Big Piute, while we were scoping from Ave C. It often moved completely into the reeds, where it was not visible. We found it again at 8am in the reeds at the northeast corner of Ducks Unlimited Pond, southwest of the dirt road. At 8:10am it flew north across the road and landed in the tall grass roughly at the intersection of Teal Pond and Big Piute. It was still visible there when we left it.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D

ISO

160

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

800 pixels x 500 pixels

Original file size

291.89 KB