ML306890091
Contributor
Valeri Ponzo Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Florida, Lee, Olga area, North River Road pond
Lee, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
The male molting into alternate plumage; discovered by Vince McGrath and Walt Winton (fide Eary Warren), apparently two days ago. Similar in size and shape to Blue-winged Teal in direct comparison, but with chestnut plumage overall excepting the wing pattern. Due to the lack of light, we could not see iris color, but photographs by others seem to rule out a Blue-winged Teal x Cinnamon Teal hybrid or backcross. Our photographs were shot "blind" because it was too dark to see the ducks as anything but blobs, and our cameras could not focus on anything in most our images.
Technical information
- Model
- DC-FZ80
- ISO
- 2500
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.9
- Shutter speed
- 1/8 sec
- Dimensions
- 1146 pixels x 904 pixels
- Original file size
- 222.94 KB