ML28075871
Contributor
Caleb Strand Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Santa Fe Dam Rec. Area
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
**Very rare in California away from the Colorado River. Seen on the main lake at Santa Fe Dam with a few Northern "type" Mallards. I see quite a few Mexican Mallards back in Phoenix, AZ where I live. When I found this bird I noted the female Northern Mallard-like plumage with the yellow-green bill instantly. From there I noted several other field marks such as the all-dark tail, overall darker back, no curled tail feathers, a dark eye-line, and a dark crown. I found a report of a Mexican Mallard from the San Gabriel Basin Spreading Grounds by John Garrett and compared my bird to his and all of the field marks lined up.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3000
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 1993 pixels x 1326 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.05 MB