ML162111441
Contributor
Matt Kelly Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Cherry Plain SP
Rensselaer, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
I found the cuckoo just after everyone else had left!
Observation details
This was one of our last stops (it was my last stop). I believe I was on CCC Dam Road, where West Brook crosses the road. It is a marshy area with scrubby willows. I heard a sound like an intermittent strangled growl. I saw the bird's face in the thicket, with red eye-ring clearly visible. He/she later flew out in the open, long tail with ridges. Long bird with slaty-gray back, up to the back of the head, white breast and underbelly, red eye-ring, black and slightly downcurved bill, long tail.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 2985 pixels x 2517 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.08 MB