ML31901941
Contributor
Paul Sellin Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Heart of the Hills Fisheries Ctr. (HOTW 069)
Kerr, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Western in foreground, Killdeer in background
Observation details
A little larger than half the size of the nearby Killdeer. Feeding at the shoreline or in the shallow water of a mudflat. I had 20x scope views of this bird for greater than 10 minutes. The photos, taken in bright sunshine, may not show the detail that I can see on my laptop. The bird is transitioning to non-breeding plumage, but retains some rufous on the top of the head, auriculars, and upper scapulars. There are remnants of black ticking on the white sides and black spotting on the breast. The bill is long, de-curved and tapers.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1369 pixels x 1196 pixels
- Original file size
- 416.2 KB