ML272691211
Aythya sp. Aythya sp.
Contributor
Brian Daniels Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Orange, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Black bill shows pale band in middle similar to Common Pochard pattern, but it’s not strongly contrasting (bill looked all black to me in field - though I didn’t use scope to view it more closely...); the head is more peaked like Pochard too; hybrid canvasback X pochard? It came in and landed in upper part of Wintersburg Channel, then drank water and swam quickly upstream away from me. I took photos, but moved on...
Technical information
- Model
- DSC-RX10M4
- Lens
- 8.8-220mm f/2.4-4.0
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 212.8 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1018 pixels x 764 pixels
- Original file size
- 189.77 KB