ML21620071
Contributor
Sam Scheibel Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Tomahawk Lagoon
Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Was only able to get camera on bird once it landed about 100m away, rough estimate. This was with a 300mm lens without a tripod.
Observation details
Large all white birds, long yellow bill and long dark legs. Distinct bend in neck. First seen in flight over water of Tomahawk Lagoon, must have startled off the water, then flew up and remained perched in large conifer trees over water in adjacent farm field. Was about 30% larger than White Faced Herons nearby. I have seen these previously at Okarito Lagoon.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D200
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 1936 pixels x 1296 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.23 MB