ML161942121
Contributor
John Haas Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Wallkill River NWR--Liberty Marsh (NY)
Orange, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
Observation details
An immature hatch year bird. By my experience with this species it appeared to be about six weeks old. The bird was located to the left of the platform, out the trail about 100 feet. It was actively feeding in the area of the nearest Muskrat mound. The bird was nearly as small as a Pied-billed Grebe and completely lacked any hood. It was mostly muted brown with slight paleness to the chin. All other species of merganser easily ruled out.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX530 HS
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2471 pixels x 1832 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.5 MB