ML466038201

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Lone duck. I've never really seen one before so hopefully this is a correct listing. I'll upload a picture for verification Update 7/14/22: Adding additional information, I was standing on the north/south trail next to the rookery watching the American Bittern hunting in the Townline Reservoir when I saw this lone duck fly in. I took a few photos since it was relatively close to me, then it decided to fly away and went, of course, into some weeds/tall grasses, silent all the while (if it did make any sounds, I didn't hear it over the noise of the rookery). It wasn't until I was reviewing my photos later that I thought this might be an American Black Duck. The few photos I have are almost all identical (it was a few in quick succession before the duck flew away); the one I uploaded was probably the clearest of the bunch, showing the most detail at highest sharpness I could muster.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D5100

ISO

200

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1423 pixels x 987 pixels

Original file size

859.56 KB