ML364664491
Contributor
Mandy Talpas -Hawaii Bird Tours Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Kaloko-Honokōhau NHP--ʻAimakapā Pond
Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
This is an interesting bird, not classically a typical GTTA that we see in the winter months. It was trying to get to the habitat restoration area on the south end of the pond - it was repeatedly chased out of their by two WATA onto the reef flats (which is where we first saw it). During the time that we were there the bird was chased back and forth between the two areas by a total of three WATA - unusually the GTTA vocalized almost non-stop the entire time. I am very familiar with this species from work in central and southern Pacific as well as Australia, and eastern Asia - the bird made every call that I have ever heard from a GTTA, and never once made a WATA call.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1081 pixels x 961 pixels
- Original file size
- 181.23 KB