Pacific Golden-Plover - Brittany O'Connor
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Date

Location

Ballona Creek--Creek mouth, jetties and breakwater
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 33.96196, -118.4570897
Age
Not specified
Sex
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Observation details

I heard a strange call and saw a plover flying over the creek channel. While I mostly only saw it flying away from me, I noticed a distinctly more golden tone to the plumage than the Black-bellieds and I did not see any black in the armpits; I immediately thought it might be a golden-plover. It vanished behind the rocks on the other side of the bike path, still flying, and I wasn't able to see it come back over the rocks. After this, I looked at every Black-bellied Plover that was flying and was able to see at least some dark under the wings at pretty much all angles, including flying directly away. I later came back--with others--and we found a Pacific Golden-Plover with the Black-bellied Plovers along the side of the creek. Photos are from later in the day.

Technical information

Model
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
ISO
320
Focal length
215 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/6.5
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
2297 pixels x 1814 pixels
Original file size
670.12 KB