ML44774381
Contributor
Randy Pinkston Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Slough Pond
Bell, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Multiple species
Media notes
standing Cackling with Ross's Goose behind
Observation details
continuing small chinstrap goose first discovered the previous evening, hanging with domestic Canada flock and lone wild Ross's. Better observation today. Bird actually 10% larger than the Ross's but still dwarfed by all of the 19 domestic Canadas--bird was easy to pick out among the others. Body plumage subtly different from the domestic Canadas--more of a "cold" gray overall color on the Cackling versus "warmer"/browner on the domestic Canadas. Bill morphology very different as noted yesterday. Sibley says Cackling posture while feeding is with head and neck more straight down versus angled forward for Canada. FWIW, this detail held true during my observations this afternoon.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 50D
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 550 pixels x 319 pixels
- Original file size
- 117.36 KB