ML53331561

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

Continuing bird that has previously been seen past the bollards inside the sanctuary. Entering the beach off Rettilon Rd this morning I drove "up" the beach (northeast) to the washout that most cars will not attempt to cross, then headed back down the beach to the bollards checking for this bird first thing this morning and did not see it. After birding inside the sanctuary going back to my truck, I noticed the beach cleaning crew were cleaning the beach. I decided to drive back up the beach toward the washout to look again for the bird. There were 5 cleaning crew walking toward me as I approached the upper end near the washout. The crew flushed the bird off the beach 3 times toward me as I watched with binoculars. I observed this bird only flying about 3 to 5 feet off the beach and flew only about 100 to 150 yards at a time. Sick possibly or injured. After taking some photos of the bird sitting on the beach, I watched the bird fly back up the beach/northeast as the beach crew approached it again. It passed the washout (northeast) and settled down about 400 to 500 yards up the beach. The point of this is the bird will move up the beach when pressured so look there too. Incredibly, a man and his dog pushed the bird back toward me and I was able to get a few more photos as it flew by! It was about 10 AM when I found the bird.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS-1D X

ISO

1600

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/14.0

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

2019 pixels x 1284 pixels

Original file size

771.85 KB