ML194378941

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Group of 14 with smallest having darkest breast and hint of white neck ring. It also clearly had wing tips extending past tail. At least some of the others also had wing tips extending past tail. Also, the photos show bill length clearly shorter than adjacent moffitti. Variable neck lengths among the 14. Some are clearly in range of Cackling in size (and bill length and proportions), but it’s a group (family members) and some are bigger. All generally darker breasted than the moffitti. The smallest is darkest and also shows hint of white neck ring (and I identified as Cackling - that’s why 13 is in the slash category). They departed but I didn’t hear them as clearly as I wanted to. The call was definitely higher pitched but the overall patter was similar to the moffitti - not the distinct “yip” I’ve heard Aleutian give....

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot G3 X

ISO

125

Focal length

220 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

3892 pixels x 2920 pixels

Original file size

2.8 MB