ML317673161

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

*Rare along the Hudson, but but more frequent than in other locations along the Hudson since we are relatively close to the LI Sound. WOW!! While sitting on the retaining wall near the beach, I saw an elongated “thing” drift by me. It initially caught my attention due to me never seeing a similar shaped “thing” before around here. I quickly got my binoculars on it and immediately recognized it as a RED-THROATED LOON. The bird was diving frequently and moving much further away with each dive. Then, however, to my greatest surprise, the bird started moving close to shore, very close. The bird eventually got within 30ft from me and stayed quite close for the next 30 minutes or so without much diving. The bird proceeded to move back father offshore only to come closer again for a short period of time. Then it drifted along the train tracks before heading out of sight. About 25 minutes later, the bird reappeared, once again, quite close to shore where it went past the jetty (where I originally spotted it) and then finally disappeared, after about 2 hours of watching it. In terms of appearance, gray back, pale stomach, long body, thing wings, and thin, upturned beak. Smaller than COLO. Photos to come.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D3500

ISO

100

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

1147 pixels x 765 pixels

Original file size

239.55 KB