ML49407021

Age

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Sex

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Observation details

A possible Common Eider had been reported by Bob Russell (COE) who had been there the day before but had been working and was unable to pursue the sighting. Curt Sorrels and I drove down and got a boat ride from Grand Isle (see narrative above). We found the bird almost immediately but it was too far for photos. We soon realized it was indeed an eider, and a King Eider at that--constituting the first state record. From LBRC Web Page: One sub-adult male (1994-19) from 9 Apr.-18 May 1994, Jefferson: N side of Grand Terre Island, near the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Laboratory; Robert P. Russell, Jr., Bill Klein (ph), R. D. Purrington (ph), Jim Holmes (drawing), Ron Stein, Joseph P. Kleiman, John P. Sevenair (ph), and Grace Lutschg (ph only) (FN 48(3):308; LOS159). This represents the first accepted record of any eider species for Louisiana

Technical information

Model

COACH

ISO

0

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/0.0

Shutter speed

1481089/16777216 sec

Dimensions

5472 pixels x 3648 pixels

Original file size

2.45 MB