ML35154401

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

17th provincial report, 11th confirmed record. Previous NS sightings: Sep 1964 -- Brier Island -- Wickerson Lent and Barry Kent MacKay Spring 1989 -- Spencer's Island, Col (imm., corpse) -- NS Birds 32 (3), banded on Cape May, NJ, on Sep 26, 1988. Sep 12 - Oct 22, 1989 -- Schooner Pond, Cape Breton (4 ind.) -- Richard Knapton, m. obs. (ph.) Feb 15-29, 1992 -- Halifax -- Peter McLeod (desc.) -- NS Birds 34 (2) Sep-Oct 1994 -- Canso, Guys -- Tom Kavanaugh (ph.) mid-Sep 2003 -- Belleisle Marsh, Anna -- Scott Leslie (ph.) -- NS Birds 46 (1) Oct 11-12, 2003 -- Brier Island (imm.) -- Fulton Lavender et al. (desc.) -- NS Birds 46 (1) Dec 6, 2003 -- Barrington, Shel -- Joan Czapalay (desc.) -- NS Birds 46 (2) Sep 20 - Oct 5, 2008 -- Schooner Pond, Cape Breton -- Murrants NS Birds 51 (1), noted as 6th provincial record. Sep 25, 2014 -- West Light, Brier Island -- Rick Whitman (ph.) Oct 31, 2014 -- Pond Cove, Brier Island -- Rick Whitman, Richard Stern, and Bernard Forsythe (ph.) All the Birds of Nova Scotia, McLaren: 6 reports in Sep-Oct (including a report of 4 ind. on Cape Breton Island Sep-Oct 1989) 1 in each of Jun, Dec, and Jan. All have been juveniles or sub-adults.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D7000

Lens

300.0 mm f/4.0

ISO

125

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/4.0

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

456 pixels x 350 pixels

Original file size

38.65 KB