ML22628461
Contributor
William Legge Media from this contributor
Date
Location
San Carlos Reservorio
San Carlos, Salta, Argentina
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Suspected Semipalmated Sandpiper at San Carlos Reservoir - December 2015. Photo courtesy of Andrew Livermore
Observation details
Associating with a Baird's Sandpiper which confirmed size. Least Sandpiper ruled out given this bird had black legs, feeding action not like a Least and the all grey and white plumage (versus Least Sandpiper's darker brownish plumage to the back and wings). Western Sandpiper ruled out given this smaller length of the bill, mainly straight bill and blunt tip. Red-necked Stint possible, but this bird's bill looked too long for that. Blow up the photos to seen see this bird better. If I was in North American this would be a Semipalmated Sandpiper no question....
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF400mm f/4 DO IS USM
- ISO
- 1250
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/25.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 5472 pixels x 3648 pixels
- Original file size
- 8.23 MB