Contributor
Ken Crawley Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Woodlands Historic Park
Hume, Victoria, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
Observation details
I was just about to get in my car at the Providence Road car park when a raptor flew over from the direction of the Back Paddock, heading North. I assumed it was the resident Whistling Kite so got off a couple of shots before jumping in the car and heading to Eynesbury. Just been reviewing the images tonight and immediately noticed that the tail and wing pattern don't look right for a Whistling Kite, and the bill is also much too large. After double-checking the reference guides I am sure it is a WBSE (Immature / juvenile). Look at the tail shape and how the feet are held, as well as the under wing pattern. Note the large bill in the fourth photo. No records of this bird here that I can find.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7200
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 2779 pixels x 1882 pixels
- Original file size
- 630.33 KB