ML38370861
Contributor
Jay McGowan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Dryden Lake
Tompkins, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Drumming! Heard from linear path and tracked down in woods above. I could tell what log it must be drumming from (and saw it on one part of it), but when it drummed I couldn't see it, so I climbed a nearby tree and got my first looks ever at a displaying grouse! (First photo). I watched it for a while, then descended and worked my way around to the other (less obstructed) side of the log. The grouse flushed while I was doing this, but returned a while later and drummed once (rest of the photos). It left soon after, perhaps because of the shutter sounds, and I left him in peace. Seemed to be drumming quite softly, when I first heard it from the trail I thought it was much farther away.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 3462 pixels x 2292 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.11 MB