ML302829391
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Found SW of Campus Pt at about 9.10 and then slowly moved west. Seen by Dave Compton, John Callender, David Blue, and others. Grebe due to longish neck and long dagger-like bill; brown overall color and smaller size rules out loon. Compared to other grebes, substantially larger than Horned or Eared; gave the impression of being slightly smaller than Western, but this was probably mostly due to the shorter neck. Brown/gray back, grayish flanks, dark brown or blackish crown, whiteish breast. Side of neck was brown, and appeared to have a rusty hue. No clean white anywhere on neck or face like a Western or Clark's. Cheeks a smudgy, pale gray that contrasted with the darker brown crown and sides of the neck. Bill color was hard to judge in the light but seemed a dull olive. Some very poor photos attached. With varying light, angle, and sharpness, the photos are not all 100% representative of what I saw in the field, but they show the pale/gray cheek and the brown sides of the neck, among other things. John Callender's photos are a bit better.
Technical information
- Model
- Pixel 4
- Lens
- Google Pixel 4 Rear Telephoto Camera
- ISO
- 40
- Focal length
- 5.8 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/2.4
- Shutter speed
- 1/300 sec
- Dimensions
- 842 pixels x 584 pixels
- Original file size
- 537.98 KB