ML50837481
Contributor
Derek Rogers Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Oak Beach
Suffolk, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Eared Grebe feeding on Pipefish.
Observation details
Continuing Eared Grebe found on 18 Feb by Shai Mitra and Patricia Lindsay. Seen feeding fairly close to shore within the cove at the far west end of Oak Beach. The bird was diving beside some white mooring buoys, perhaps working the rope line for small prey items. We watched it gulp down a couple of pipefish (attached photo). Slimmer than Horned Grebe with thin neck and bill with peaked forecrown. Dark crown feathers dipping below through auriculars with dusky neck. Bill pointier and slimmer than Horned Grebe. Photos attached.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- Lens
- 300.0 mm f/4.0
- ISO
- 320
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2633 pixels x 1755 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.23 MB