Common Eider - Anca Vlasopolos
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Anca Vlasopolos Media from this contributor

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Location

Cape Cod Canal--Herring Run
Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 41.7736001, -70.560143
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Observation details

I have a photo with 56 eiders close to the canal shore, but they were massed on the right side of the canal mouth into the bay, chased there by a large tanker passing through. The whole Town's Neck beach and beyond were filled with them.

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P900
ISO
250
Focal length
57.1 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/5.0
Shutter speed
1/250 sec
Dimensions
4608 pixels x 2592 pixels
Original file size
5.23 MB