ML411351421
Contributor
Richard Gregg Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
131 W. Riverview, Belle
Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Male - 1
Media notes
The back is still gray so he is labeled as immature.
Observation details
In the group photo, the immature male with the gray back is the 3rd male from the right. The far left male is in transition and also is shown in the enlargement. I originally labeled it as an unknown "waterfowl sp." However I relabeled it as an immature male after comments from eBird. One eBird reviewer wrote the following, "Cornell's "Birds of the World" indicates the bill can be "dark" in first-year birds, and the shortness you mentioned is likely due to the camera angle. Male birds are grayish when young and when in nonbreeding plumage, so combinations of grayish backs and darker heads would seem to indicate a molting bird."
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- Lens
- 3.8-247mm
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 2835 pixels x 1593 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.13 MB