ML365708841

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Behaviors

Flying

Observation details

Distant photos taken, intermediate type youngster, though at a distance or in bad light appeared generally as a dark morph, though there was some pale on the belly. Most of views were quite distant, though eventually we got good scope looks in good light as the bird flew around the area regularly. On water always appeared very dark, or in bad light. In good light, the upperparts and especially nape were a warm brown essentially cinnamon color. Extensive white flash under primaries, and though hard to judge at a distance, repeatedly gave impression of multiple white primary shafts from above. No barring evident under wings or on rump. Not a big bulky bird like a Pom. Looks were much better than my photos indicate. On following day much better looks were had from the water, and the bird is Long-tailed vs Parasitic, with extensive cold gray fringing and gray nape, and obviously barred black and white rump, distance and light obviously tricked us, I was looking in particular for the rump barring and always looked uniform. Good lesson learned :")

Technical information

Model

NIKON D3400

ISO

400

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

562 pixels x 370 pixels

Original file size

56.27 KB