ML333888211
Contributor
Meg Peterson Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Rio Grande del Norte NM--Orilla Verde Recreation Area
Taos, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Group of five willets on the Rio Grande
Observation details
Photos. Spotted along the Rio following a storm and the arrival of a cold front. While neither common nor uncommon, Willets do show up from time to time along this stretch of the Rio during spring and fall migration. Rather stocky, large, plain wader. Eye ring, pale gray overall; thick bill somewhat blunt at the tip; gray legs. When two of the five willets were disturbed by a male mallard, they briskly flapped their wings, revealing the iconic black and white wing pattern of the species.
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- DMC-FZ200
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 50.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 4000 pixels x 3000 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.73 MB