ML135059051

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing bird found by David Rankin on Dec 14, and first spotted by Julie Szabo in the far corner of the northeastern arm of the lake this morning. We watched it for a little over five minutes before it took flight toward the dam. Noticeably smaller than a Common Loon, with a more slender head and neck and daintier bill. Crown and hindneck pale to medium gray blending into white face and throat, with the gray of the crown extending down to but not below the eye, and no strong demarcation between the gray and the white on the sides of the neck as in Pacific Loon. Upper parts darker, almost blackish, with crisp white tips to the feathers of the back, scapulars, and upper wing coverts. The culmen was nearly straight, while the lower mandible was straight along the basal 3/4, but angling up toward the tip for the distal 1/4, and the bill in general was held slightly upturned as is typical for this species.

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/6.3

Shutter speed

1/640 sec

Dimensions

1929 pixels x 1377 pixels

Original file size

625.43 KB