ML355935951

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

*rare; continuing bird first found by Jim Johnson earlier today. I had it at almost exactly the same spot as him, right here: (61.1005570, -149.9028143). It then moved one pool to the NW and then to the adjacent Turnagain Arm shoreline and settled down at the waterline. Is there any chance this could be one of the continuing birds from late May observed by Dennis Ronsse in what sounds like the exact same area??? Not many people get out to this more remote area of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge. There have also been recent reports from the Kasilof River, Kenai River, and Goose Bay. Additionally, southwesterly flow up the Cook Inlet preceded this sighting. I accessed the flats via a direct approach from Johns Park but would definitely not recommend schwacking through that alder swamp. Instead, I would probably just go from Carr-Gottstein. Small goose with partly bleached gray body, demarcated black breast, and white necklace; photos.

Technical information

Model

ILCE-6500

Lens

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

ISO

1000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

2048 pixels x 1365 pixels

Original file size

2.01 MB