ML36919441
Contributor
Eric Michael Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Michigan City Harbor
LaPorte, Indiana, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Small ducks, overall dark in color from a distance but with light speculum. Very fast wingbeats and fast fliers. Would come in high, but once they turned to the west they dropped down to near the water surface and flew feet above the waves reorientating from a cohesive flock to single file flying. Fly-bys from the north, flying to the west out beyond the breakwall. Came by in 11 separate seen groups averaging 60-80 individuals, with smallest flocks of 20 and 30; first seen 70 (1243PM),80,80,80,60,70,60,30,20,60, last seen 50 (315PM). Seemed to pick up more after the front had passed Michigan City and the wind began blowing from the north/off the lake, although they were being looked for more then too. 660 seen in @ 2.5 hours.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P600
- ISO
- 280
- Focal length
- 258 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 2127 pixels x 1521 pixels
- Original file size
- 449.72 KB