ML199691931
Contributor
Linda Swanson Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Merced--Concrete Bridge area
San Francisco, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Brown upper-parts with darker striping on back and with cream spike feathering, perhaps pin feathers; pale underparts increasing in golden color at breast with small black spots; spots on breast indicate this may be a female; brown head with cream median head stripe and cream stripe above eye; pale legs and feet; black bill; dark eye. This individual was along the vegetation of the path beyond the northeast end of the concrete bridge. It seemed tame and stepped onto and walked over my shoe. It was an obvious release. It is noted in Wikipedia that there is commercial Japanese quail farming industries in the US for egg production, and the species has been used in scientific research. Photos 1 and 2 by Peter Seubert.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
- Lens
- EF500mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 2446 pixels x 3007 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.85 MB