Stilt Sandpiper - David and Regan Goodyear
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Contributor

David and Regan Goodyear Media from this contributor Profile

Date

Location

Bracebridge Sewage Treatment Ponds
Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 45.0211111, -79.3186111
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Juvenile - dark, slightly down curved bill, with slight droop at end, reddish fringed scapulars, primaries and wing coverts with buff/white fringing, pronounced white eye brow, flaring slightly at rear, reddish tinge to ear coverts and lores, dark brown cap with rufous tinge, throat and chest and upper belly with light brown wash/indistinct streaking, some extending to upper flanks, rest of belly and under tail white, legs yellow with faint green in some light, no wing stripe in flight, white rump, single call note given in flight "quirp", smaller than Lesser Yellowlegs with which it was associating, submerging head while feeding and back of body held well above horizontal position, feeding actively, often with dowitcher-like sewing machine motion, photographed.

Technical information

Model
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
ISO
100
Focal length
215 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/8.0
Shutter speed
1/320 sec
Dimensions
2376 pixels x 1676 pixels
Original file size
692.39 KB