ML34140191
Contributor
Julie Szabo Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Elsinore--Elm Grove Beach
Riverside, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Ruddy Turnstone. Elm Grove Beach, Lake Elsinore, CA. 3 Sept 2016. Photo by Julie Szabo.
Observation details
Seen foraging with typical turnstone manner, flipping leaves and rocks over, near the shoreline just north of the outflow channel. Never saw this bird touch the water. Larger than two nearby Sanderlings, Least and Western Sandipers. As we were looking into the light, heat waves were distorting some of the photos and views of the bird through spotting scopes. Orangish legs. Pointed bill appeared smaller than nearby Sanderlings stocky bill. Seemingly dark brown back with a scaly appearance. Dark head. Circular dark bib pattern. Clean white belly and undertail. Some white blotchy pattern on the chin, and center of the bib. Photos attached.
Technical information
- Model
- DMC-FZ70
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 128.6 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1365 pixels x 1024 pixels
- Original file size
- 781.64 KB