ML155276431
Contributor
Dianne Cooper Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Wy--Foster Rd from Pighin Rd
East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Distinctive long plumes steaming backwards from top of head or fluttering in the breeze or being whipped upright. Similar colour pattern as Lesser Scaup but strong contrast between very white sides and very dark back. Beautiful curved line between the white and dark on side. Same body size as LESC. Bill was bluish. Single bird in company of a dozen LESC observed and photographed for an hour. Seen using Nikon spotting scope at 16 x from various distances betweem 200 and 500 m and in a variety of light consitiins from backlit to medium bright sidelight. 
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P100
- ISO
- 160
- Focal length
- 107.6 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/410 sec
- Dimensions
- 1185 pixels x 1370 pixels
- Original file size
- 715.08 KB