ML22184341

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

I approached a medium sized , mixed flock of Pintail, garganey and common teal in a thickly vegetated wamp in Muderi. Immediately all got on wings , while flying i have seen one individual very different from others. It showing more blackish all over and prominently white broad and long wing bar. It turned single out from the flock and moved towards another thickly vegetated swamp far away. So I reached there, I couldn't spot the bird there. So I return back the previous place. One marsh harrier flown overhead of the resting flocks of ducks and entire flock started to fly again. Then I could see this individual again.All Flocks settled down a small vegetated swamp, where this flown before beside a small stream. I crossed stream and hiding behind the dense grass growth in the bank, I managed to take some photographs of the rare visitor. It was an adult male Ferruginous duck, showing it's white iris.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

ISO

100

Focal length

150.5 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.8

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

1047 pixels x 921 pixels

Original file size

346.83 KB