Red Phalarope - Alex Patia
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Location

Bitter Lake NWR
Chaves, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 33.4512089, -104.3998146
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1

Observation details

Continuing non-breeding adult at SE corner of loop. Feeding phalarope style, spinning around in open water. Plain gray back, white underparts, black eye mask, stout short bill. On grassy island preening when I left the spot around 11:40 am. Photos.

Technical information

Model
PENTAX K-70
ISO
800
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/8.0
Shutter speed
1/2500 sec
Dimensions
1327 pixels x 885 pixels
Original file size
200.61 KB