ML268770681

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Another awesome find by Will Brooks. Continues - seen about 10:50a here: 46.9461145, -124.1090951. Medium-large shorebird with long yellow legs, long neck, mostly yellow bill, large eyes. 2-note slurred call when flushed. After 6 miles of beating bush unsuccessfully (including walk to far point) I decided to walk the driftwood-littered edge of the beach on the way back to car. Good idea! Soon after I got to the beach at the GPS coordinates, bird flushed to nearby driftwood log 30 feet away, only alighted for a second allowing diagnostic look, then flew to further driftwood about 50 feet away. As I approached to see if it was in view where it landed, I noticed it 30 feet up beach running away from me through foot tall grass on the edge of sandy beach, weaving in and out of grass. I saw it was headed toward some big logs and trained my camera on those- luckily it did fly onto logs and I snapped some photos. Soon after it flew inland from driftwood, but appeared to land not far over ridge at beach edge. Did not extensively search for it again.

Technical information

Model

DSC-RX10M4

Lens

8.8-220mm f/2.4-4.0

ISO

100

Focal length

220 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/4.5

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

807 pixels x 807 pixels

Original file size

336.99 KB