ML30822871
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Juvenile, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper, Old Creek Lagoon, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California, 30 Aug 2006, Tom M. Edell
Observation details
I parked on the south side of the creek mouth at the end of Studio Drive. After an initial look through the larger wading birds, gulls and terns I saw a single small peep feeding along the edge of the lagoon that alternated between in and out of the waters edge and primarily picked food from the sand and water with an occasional shallow probe. I immediately recognized the bird as a juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper. I could clearly see that the feet were semipalmated, the bill was relatively short and stout, and the white chin through under tail except for a small brownish intrusion onto the upper breast at the shoulders. The wings and back feathers were pale edged but slightly buffy in the back and on the primaries, and the scapulars were dark centered. The lores and supercillium were pale with the area in between brown, and a dark line extended between the eye and bill. The cap was brown with fine dark streaking and the nape was brown. I managed to digiscope a few photos while watching the bird.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot A520
- Focal length
- 13.8 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 640 pixels x 480 pixels
- Original file size
- 67.28 KB