ML173409061
Contributor
Graham Gerdeman Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Stones River Greenway--J. Percy Priest Trailhead and Dog Park
Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Juvenile, Unknown sex - X
Observation details
Dark brown Cormorant with all dark lores and grayish upper bill. Tail long, (not strikingly so). Slight in appearance compared to nearby Mallards is what caught my attention. It appeared dainty. There is a slight pale line behind the gular pouch, but the gular angle is not particularly pointed. The bird was panting heavily, so it's hard to tell if that was distorting the gular angle. I sent photos to a number of experts and posted on Facebook rare bird alert, and consensus appears to be NECO. Scapulars and wing covert feathers appear to be "lanceolate" (sharp) vs. more blunt in DCCO.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- Lens
- 300.0 mm f/4.0
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 1974 pixels x 2961 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.64 MB