ML462731641

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing bird first find by the Sewells on 6-12-2022. I first found the bird at the pin for this list at 810AM. The bird was generally moving northward along the island on the west side of the north-south channel. I beached the kayak and the bird continued coming up, approaching to approximately 60 feet away. The bird then walked to the west side of the island. I watched it from various sides of the island. At 930, it flew to the next island to the east. I watched it there for another 30-40 minutes, at which point it flew east onto the eastern shore. I left at that point. Medium-large, long-legged wader, somewhere between the size of a Snowy Egret and a Great Blue Heron. Generally brown overall with white streaking through wings with increasing amounts of white on the neck. Long bill that is predominantly yellow on the proximal half and fading into a dark/black distal third of the bill. I observed the bird eating several mussels. A couple of times it picked up some jelly-like collections. It wasn't clear if it ate these. Perhaps bryozoans which were quite common in the area? At one point, it was being harassed by a Louisiana Waterthrush--had to laugh at the waterthrush singing its heart out and the Limpkin couldn't have cared less. Coordinates of first location: 39.084485, -86.330605 Bird went to the north point of the island and ended up here: 39.086031, -86.330874 It then flew to the next island to the east (at the time I was here, it as about 50-75 yards long, distinctly separated from the much larger island immediately south--it appears to potentially be connected in the satellite maps): 39.085827, -86.330214 It then flew over to the eastern shore roughly here: 39.085827, -86.329629

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R3

Lens

RF600mm F4 L IS USM

ISO

1600

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/4.0

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

4864 pixels x 3243 pixels

Original file size

11.55 MB