ML535656301

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Typical frazari oystercatcher, and I invite you to have fun scoring it on the Jehl scale, I think it exceeds 30. Maybe the same bird that shows up here once a year around this time. Black extending down into upper third or quarter of the belly. Underparts: belly, thighs, undertail coverts entirely white. Underwing coverts almost entirely white. Axillaries entirely white. Uppertail coverts more than half white. Fairly wide wing stripe on the secondary coverts, and extending at least to some secondaries. Tail mostly dark from above with white shafts towards the base, but with extensive white below (about half white from below with a dark terminal band). It was frustratingly immune to my attempts to harass it to get it to hop a short distance -- it was happy to keep feeding and didn't really want to fly away from me -- but then a couple of off-leash dogs scared it into flight. Flight call an elongated weeer.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D5600

ISO

800

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

5000 pixels x 3334 pixels

Original file size

4.4 MB