ML36507681
Contributor
Laura Tobin Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
US-VT-Waterford-5645-5699 Old County Rd - 44.3468x-71.8566
Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Very poor image taking with an iphone through a spotting scope
Observation details
Saw this bird at Waterford Reservoir -when I was scanning through my spotting scope my first thought was "Eider"...my second thought was "no, couldn't be".... after watching this bird and reviewing both National Geographic and Sibley's field guides I could find no other match. The back was white with black making up the tail and sides of the body. The head had the distinctive black marking along the top with white face and breast. I tried to make it into a type of scaup -but the facial features were in no way dark except for on top of the head. If someone has other suggestions for Id please contact me.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 6
- Lens
- iPhone 6 back camera 4.15mm f/2.2
- ISO
- 32
- Focal length
- 4.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/2.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/201 sec
- Dimensions
- 1608 pixels x 729 pixels
- Original file size
- 226.87 KB