ML198982641
Contributor
Kai Victor Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
(27.2921,-80.8879)
Okeechobee, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
This has been one of my dream birds my entire life. Totally unexpected, feeding in a pasture with some Sandhill cranes. We vaguely were looking at a few sandhill cranes when I noticed there were actually quite a few birds in the area. Noticed a large white bird feeding with them...that’s quite a big great egret. Wait those rump feathers are really long. Then saw the color bands and head with red skin. A quick u-turn and a sketchy few seconds parked in the center of the highway let us snap a few pictures before we drove off. Strangely enough we were on our way to try and find the pair of whooping cranes that have been hanging around north of us for a while. Huge, unmistakable white crane.
Technical information
- Model
- DMC-FZ200
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 108 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 4000 pixels x 3000 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.5 MB