Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult Male - X
Observation details
First seen in a large group of adult WEGU. The mantle was about the same color as occidentals, perhaps a shade or two darker, but the bird stood out pretty quickly due to its smaller size and low, long profile. The eyes were a bright yellow-white and the legs rich orange. The bill was surprisingly robust with a pronounced gonydeal angle, but still less hefty than the WEGU and GWGU around. I was able to slowly approach the bird for decent photos, until it flushed and re-settled in the flock. Subsequent research suggests this bird, on both structure and mantle color is within the range of graellsii, our expected LBBG in North America. The obviously big bill suggests the individual is a male. Thus far, this bird appears to have been a "one-day wonder."
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF500mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 3805 pixels x 2379 pixels
- Original file size
- 7.23 MB