ML45828961

Age and sex

Adult Male - X

Media notes

Falcated Duck, Padilla Bay Trail, 16 January 2017

Observation details

N end of trail; Falcated Duck found yesterday, /p white culmen spot noted /m This bird had been found by Rick Klawitter yesterday. He had been camping with Eric Noah at Bay View State Park, and they had taken photos after finding the bird there. I believe they also saw it at Padilla Bay Trail later on. This Falcated Duck male was roughly wigeon-sized. Green and chestnut head. Dark bill. White dot at point where culmen reaches feathers. Grey vermiculation on breast. Sides grey. Long, sickle-shaped tertials. Steep forehead. Slightly crested or maned. White chin with white horizontal bar visible as bird swims, showing up like a white collar between head and lower neck. Black bar, perhaps a bit of the speculum, is visible as bird swims, on lower edge of forward wing. I took a few bad photos with my new Canon camera.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

200

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

4000 pixels x 2664 pixels

Original file size

3.36 MB