ML363017561

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Juvenile, found in Pool 14 and remaining mostly in the southeastern portion, although it did fly around the pool and forage along stretches of shoreline. This observation of a rare transient would establish the earliest fall occurrence in the state by two days and will therefore be documented with the MBRC. PMcK notes: "A plump medium sized shorebird about size of Ruddy Turnstone for overall length; noticeably larger than adjacent Semipalmated Plover and much larger than adjacent Least Sandpiper; deep chested shorebird with short neck, short legs and relatively small head; bill black, straight and noticeably thicker at base - tapered with blunt tip and about the length of the head; profile often appearing hunch-backed; underparts a warm peachy cream from throat to vent; breast and flanks with fine streaking- when looking straight on the streaking appears as a faint breast band; broad pale supercilium above eye; legs yellowish green; feathers on upperparts a grayish tan with a narrow black band near the tip and tip edged in white giving back a noticeable scaly appearance; central vane a dark line- this coupled with black band near tips give feathers the look of an anchor; crown, auriculars, and hindneck with fine grayish brown streaking; one oddity is that in this plumage the lore appears rusty; tips of primaries noticeably darker than tertials."

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P900

ISO

280

Focal length

714 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

2871 pixels x 1879 pixels

Original file size

758.66 KB