ML341314761
Contributor
Emily Larson Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Christmas Lake
King, Washington, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
I had watched an otter eat something on the shore earlier (crayfish) and it had disappeared. This female mallard and ducklings were foraging in a very well-spaced group for quite a while. Then the female suddenly sounded the alarm and took off, leaving the ducklings in a much tighter group than before. She flew in the direction where I'd seen the otter (maybe 40 meters from where she left the ducklings) and appeared to make contact with the water. I saw the otter surface nearby a minute or so later. It appeared she might be mobbing the otter. She then flew back to the ducklings and in tight formation they rapidly crossed to the other side of the lake. I saw them not long after out of the water on a tiny grassy island.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- Lens
- 3.8-247mm
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 1714 pixels x 1714 pixels
- Original file size
- 428.04 KB