Wandering Tattler - Ian Cruickshank
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Location

Waterton Lakes NP-East side of Waterton River N of Hwy 6
Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada
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Map
Map Coordinates: 49.1296393, -113.8348174
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Sex
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Observation details

Was shocked to hear the "widididi" flight calls of a WATA on the shore of the Waterton River - a call I'm familiar with from home on the BC coast. I looked over to see the bird (a juv) land on the cobble riverbank. Video here:

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX S9700
ISO
125
Focal length
324 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/6.4
Shutter speed
1/320 sec
Dimensions
2186 pixels x 1781 pixels
Original file size
795.54 KB