ML135953121
Contributor
Jamie Chavez Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Black Road pasture
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Sandhill Crane at Black Road pasture west of Santa Maria, CA
Observation details
Continuing bird. Observed this morning as it dropped into the open pasture along the fenceline well east of Black Road and close to the large Windset Farms water tanks along the south edge. Large gray bird with long neck, long legs, large flight profile with long wingspan. Watched it poke around in the pasture next to a Great Egret for a time but it was mainly solitary wandering along the fenceline. It was best seen with a spotting scope where I could barely make out the red forehead. It was too distant for good photos. I watched it for close to a half hour then it disappeared. Probably when I was watching something else.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/10.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 2000 pixels x 1333 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.47 MB