Contributor
Rex Stanford Media from this contributor
Date
Location
South Padre Is.--WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail (LTC 035)
Cameron, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - X
Media notes
This individual lacks the red throat of the male, so it may be judged a female. This side-on photo captures every feature needed to feel sure of its species identity and its sex. In case anyone wonders what this species is doing in front of a cut orange, please note the remnant orange pulp on its bill and recall that this creature typically feeds on a very sweet food, namely sap from the shallow holes it makes in trees. Therefore it is not strange that it would enjoy orange juice. It's one more sweet food made possible by a tree.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 10D
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1065 pixels x 1420 pixels
- Original file size
- 380.46 KB