ML351306901
Contributor
Joel Eckerson Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon)
Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
**Rare, third county record. I was walking back to my car, along the beach loop road, when I looked to my right and saw three shorebirds flying past me headed west. One of these shorebirds appearing to have a dark front and underside to the body (which none of the expected shorebirds should show). After taking a second to process what I was seeing, I grabbed my camera and took a couple burst shots before it disappeared behind some bushes. Photos showed a clear adult breeding male. The bird was yellowlegs-sized with a blackish front that reached down sides, reddish head, and "scaly" back feathers. Extremely diagnostic. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 320
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1073 pixels x 655 pixels
- Original file size
- 84.82 KB