ML218210561
Contributor
Ben Sonnenberg Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Ridgefield NWR
Clark, Washington, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Observation details
This is a photo stream of a Pied-billed grebe plucking and then eating one of its feathers! This is a common behavior found in grebes that helps cushion the sharp fish bones in the regurgitated pellets from damaging the throat of the bird.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3300
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 6000 pixels x 4000 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.47 MB