ML383579181

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

**rare, but one many people were hoping for given date, strength of storm, and strong Pom showing. First bird spotted by Jeremiah well to S in the bend and flew right up past us, allowing for great looks and photos and showing bold primary flashes, thick chest and neck, obvious golden spangles on back, molt limit in middle part of “hand” (outer primaries), and bold but narrow white line between coverts and flight feathers on left wing. Second bird spotted by MJI farther offshore quickly angled towards us to improve views but never came quite as close. Even when not close, pale spangling on upper back was obvious. We considered that both might have been same bird, since they were only 10-15 minutes apart, but the molt seemed different in the left wing, with the second bird having one central rectangle of white vs the skinny line. Additional photo review will hopefully solidify (or refute) this two bird theory

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

2000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/200 sec

Dimensions

1495 pixels x 952 pixels

Original file size

284.46 KB