ML161331581

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

in flight

Observation details

I watched it carefully for over 1/2 hour. I first found a large white chunky looking bird perched on a pile of brush on the far side of the channel. A crow landed on the brush pile nearby and I could see the owl turn it’s head to look at the crow so I could tell it was moving. It occasionally turned its head to look in different directions so I could see it was alive and not just something white in my imagination. Two fishermen were leaving in a Canoe with a trolling motor and I asked it they were headed that way to wave their paddle when they got close to the bird. Unfortunately I did not see them wave as I was keeping the scope on the Owl, soon after the fishermen went by the Owl took off and I got poor photos of a large white bird with wide wings, short head extension beyond the body and short tail. I eliminated an egret as it did not have a long neck or long legs as it flew. Photos to come when I get back to my computer later this weekend.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

400

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/10.0

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1009 pixels x 673 pixels

Original file size

128.68 KB