ML34552711

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

Wilson's Plover at Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, CA

Observation details

Continuing bird. Seen and photographed by many. Not much larger than Semipalmated Plovers, many of which were in direct comparison. Noted large, thick and longish black bill. White below and light brown above but in heavy molt with darker feathering on mantle and secondary coverts. Brownish cheek and ear coverts but contrasted by white forehead. Large black eye. Also had a brownish (slightly rusty) single upper breast band that was broader at the sides and forming a thin line at mid-breast. Legs dull pinkish. Often sat motionless, but when feeding it would run in between stops where it would peck at the sand for invertebrates. Observed it fly once. Wings in heavy molt with nearly all secondaries short and only outer two primaries at apparent full length. Digiscoped in poor light:

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

ISO

400

Focal length

0 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/0.0

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

2496 pixels x 1664 pixels

Original file size

1.95 MB