ML276901361

Age and sex

Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1

Tags

Habitat

Observation details

Stumbled into this family of WBC. At first, an adult saw me and started calling (check the audio) for sometime. And then, I saw another one flying away from me. The one adult that was calling was looking alarmed. Apparently, their two chicks were left behind just a few feet from a human with a bike and camera. LOL! The adult parents were calling the chicks to come over to their side to avoid getting paparazzi'd. It took a while before the chicks understood the situation before they finally jumped across the pond using the floating vegetation. The human is happy he got to document the event. Video: https://youtu.be/H4RCJ6fFnZw Audio: Adult bird calling the chicks to cross the pond, warning about the human nearby. Call is a bit muted than its normal foraging call.

Technical information

Model

DSC-HX400V

Lens

4.3-215mm f/2.8-6.3

ISO

100

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

4802 pixels x 2705 pixels

Original file size

2.55 MB