ML495833271
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Observation details
Previously reported. Seen at SE end of runway, from the area of the blast screen N of the #1 Gate pullout/parking lot. See image; red * marks the location at 2pm, on a line between the #8 runway marker and A-Q taxiway sign. Associating with Killdeer in the mowed grass, also down the the swale. Not bothered by planes taxiing by!! Medium large shorebird, bigger and taller than the nearby Killdeer. Actively feeding, although at one point in sat down in the short grass and rested for ~10 minutes. Medium dark brown back with some lighter speckles. Strong white supercilium, other white areas on the cheek and forehead. Chest and upper belly mottled grey, lower belly and tail coverts white. Wing tips dark and extended beyond tail. Dark bill, shorter and thinner than Black-bellied Plover. ID quality photos as the plover was quite distant from viewpoint. Nikon D500, 300 mmPF, 1.4x TC; 1 digiscope image
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/10.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 114 pixels x 112 pixels
- Original file size
- 79.29 KB