ML481836141

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing rare, plus one** Scoping Pectorals with Dale eventually got me on this buffy, warm-toned bird. Head-on, the bird appeared as an oval (the shape of your hands if you pantomime holding a hamburger bun); the legs were a deep, rich black; the wings extended beyond the tail, even crossing eachother at times; the bird favored shallow water or mud (not deeper water, as the Pects); and the bird held itself horizontal, with a shorter neck. Pectorals were comparably colder brown, with two white stripes down their backs, yellow legs, and a more upright, long-necked look. Soon after finding the bird, we got the Barbours on it; after two flushes of the group of peeps, they settled and I located a second Baird's, loosely associating with the first bird, viewed within the same scope view. They were nearly carbon copies of eachother, and multiple looks by all viewers confirmed the associated field marks. Big thanks to Dale and the Barbours for helping to confirm the ID on both bird 1 and 2!

Technical information

Model

moto g stylus

ISO

169

Focal length

4.7 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.7

Shutter speed

1/120 sec

Dimensions

4000 pixels x 3000 pixels

Original file size

1.8 MB