ML261773021
Contributor
Harrison Ponn Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park--Darby Plains Wet Prairie Restoration
Franklin, Ohio, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying; Vocalizing
Observation details
This juvenile Merlin made two low level passes over the wetlands area causing most of the shorebirds present to take flight. One exception was a Wilson's Snipe that I was observing. It just stayed hunkered down. The Merlin did not catch any prey during this visit.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1484 pixels x 1060 pixels
- Original file size
- 108.58 KB