ML35333311

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Following up on an OBOL on-line tip from Harry Nehls, I finally found this bird (with the help of Gary Witt, who showed up while I was looking for the bird). I took a dozen or so photos with my little Nikon Cool-pix digital camera (through my spotting scope), plus some digital video footage with my 80X zoom lens on my little JVC handicam. My photos are not great, but show the beak clearly (orange with black tip) and the plumage. Gary Witt, with his professional Canon camera with 600mm lens got many great, clear shots of the bird, including one where a Great Egret flew in and landed about a meter away from the godwit. It would be interesting to know for sure, but my guess is that that behavior (on the part of the G.Egret) was out of simple curiosity (like maybe he hadn't seen a godwit before), as he didn't stay beside the godwit but a half minute or so, then walked away.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX L12

ISO

73

Focal length

13.7 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/4.1

Shutter speed

10/1241 sec

Dimensions

1171 pixels x 1141 pixels

Original file size

205.82 KB