ML282568281
Contributor
Guy McGrane Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
YMCA Camp Harrison (restricted access)
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Small, thin-billed loon with all white face and neck, eye prominent and surrounded by white, and speckled back. Poor but likely ID quality pics. Bird initially observed from about 250 yards, across the lake, through a 33x scope, but only seen momentarily between dives. Then I went to the other side of the lake by the dam, and got a much closer look confirming Red-throated with binoculars and camera from about 100 yards. Bird spent most of its time underwater, making it very difficult to photograph as it emerged far away from where it was last seen, then dived again quickly.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 2048 pixels x 1536 pixels
- Original file size
- 726.15 KB