ML237100981
Contributor
Matt Lau Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
US-CA-Inverness-Point Reyes Natl Seashore - 38.1098x-122.9596
Marin, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
While surveying for breeding snowy plovers, I first heard a high-pitched vocalization high above me, one that I hadn't heard before and immediately thought it sounded like a weird shorebird. Minutes later, I came upon a whimbrel-looking bird, by itself, in the dunes, amongst native beach pea and Tidestrom's lupine. I immediately noticed the steep curve at the end of its bill and realized I might have a bristle-thighed curlew. I compared the call I heard earlier to the call on the Sibley's app and they perfectly matched. Soon after, the bird took flight and I got to see the buffy tail feathers and it called several more times, in the same high pitched single notes as earlier.
Technical information
- Model
- DMC-FZ1000
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 146 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 5472 pixels x 3648 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.74 MB