White-winged Scoter - Doug Willis
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Date

Location

Smithville Lake (Clay Co.)
Clay, Missouri, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 39.4029606, -94.5407438
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

25 min. observation at 60x from Crow's Creek Picnic Area shelter #9. Too far for digiscoping, but diagnostic features clearly evident. Both birds eventually took off with a strong, powerful flight; quickly gaining altitude and were not relocated later in the day. Field sketch:

Technical information

Model
C-LUX 2
ISO
100
Focal length
6.6 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/3.3
Shutter speed
1/250 sec
Dimensions
3072 pixels x 2304 pixels
Original file size
3.4 MB