ML488894081
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
On a mudflat in the middle of the lake, that ran perpendicular to Hwy 24, right across from the end of the boat ramp. They weren't very active, and given there size, and color, it was hard to track where they were. I know for sure that there were two, see the photos, but there might have been a third one. I didn't see all three at the same time, so maybe one moved. First, I noticed a small shorebird, that didn't move much, and looked almost like it was missing it's beak. Then the bird ran a short distance, stopped, and looked in my direction. It was very windy, and the bird was far away, so I guessed it was a Killdeer I couldn't see clearly with the binoculars. Then a real Killdeer flew in beside it, and was at least twice as big. Also, I could now clearly see it only had one band. Based on photos, and looks at their range, I eliminated Wilson's Plover, because this bird had a very small beak, and very orange legs. (The leg often don't show well on the photos, but they were orange.) I never saw either of them fly, they stayed (or at least one did) in the same place for about 30 minutes.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 30D
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 250 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 588 pixels x 393 pixels
- Original file size
- 62.37 KB