ML508819211
Contributor
Thane Pratt Media from this contributor
Date
Location
78-7138 Kaleiopapa St, Keauhou US-HI 19.56161, -155.96231
Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
This little guy was discovered this morning paddling around the dock and boat ramp and the head of Keauhou Bay. When Bret and I arrived, it was still there actively foraging at the surface and diving. It appeared starved and was very tame, sometimes within a few feet of swimmers and people standing on the dock. No one present had information as to when it showed up. As we were photographing the duck and watching, it swam towards two boys fishing from the pier, dived, and took the baited hook. It came to the surface and tried to dislodge the hook and got snared in the line. Bret caught it and phoned the Hawaii Wildlife Center to arrange for pick up. We dropped the bird off in Kailua Kona for others to transfer to HWC.
Technical information
- Model
- ILCE-6500
- Lens
- E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 277 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/18.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 3584 pixels x 2152 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.29 MB