ML23059151
Contributor
Tom Pollock 🐔 Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Turf Grass Road
Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
A very large shorebird with long, thin, down-curved bill that appeared to be pink on lower mandible and black on upper mandible. Overall body color a buffy/gold kind of color, generally darker and duller on upperparts. Dark mottling on upperparts. Poorly-defined facial pattern - lighter 'eye-ring', light line over eye contrasting with darker towards top of head. Legs pretty long, light-brown or light-gray appearing. Loud, piercing call when it took flight. Bird seen on west side of Turf Grass Road, just north of the private road that goes to the trailers on west side of Turf Grass Road. See images below. First one is a video, click image to view.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS REBEL T2i
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 588 pixels x 480 pixels
- Original file size
- 207.29 KB