ML351205741

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

MEGAMEGAMEGA Continuing adult first found last night by Knut Hansen at: (71.275678, -156.812657). We tried immediately last night but were unsuccessful in difficult conditions. This morning we were able to find the bird three separate times (once per hour or so) in the same general area, near the the dirt hill, and also flying in and out of the adjacent gravel pit. It's a pretty flighty bird, not surprising for an Asian mega, and it's a remarkably difficult bird to follow once it flies out of view. You think you know right where it is and then it's nowhere to be found and you won't see the bird for another 45 mins. My advice would be to work the gravel pit slopes and the dirt hill near the original sighting for as long as it takes.

Technical information

Model

ILCE-6500

Lens

FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS

ISO

640

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1868 pixels x 1245 pixels

Original file size

2.22 MB