ML251026881

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Great find by Cedric Duhalde! Much smaller than nearby Greater Yellowlegs, approx size of Killdeer. Bill was short and straight, approx the size of its head. Overall light brown head with a not that contrasting white supercillium and darker brown mantle and wings with small intricate white spots. Belly was white, slightly contrasting with the pale brown breast and pale throat. White rump seen in flight and mostly white tail with brown barring getting denser and thicker as the tail feathers went in, after being harassed by a no chill Stilt. Also had yellow legs. Just the second chaseable rec per eBird Always fun to see an interesting bird in this barren, radioactive landscape. Right next to the Yellowlegs is the Slough's grafiti wall, which I noticed includes a reminder of Tetra Tech's falsified soil samples–for years hiding the extent of the radioactivity in the hills behind.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

800

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/5000 sec

Dimensions

3111 pixels x 2042 pixels

Original file size

1.41 MB