ML554075051
Surf x White-winged Scoter (hybrid) Melanitta perspicillata x deglandi
Contributor
Liam Ragan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Kitasu Bay Transect #8
Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying
Observation details
Male scoter took off from right next to the boat and noticed white wing patches, seemingly one of only a handful of WWSC seen throughout the day, but Kaiden noticed something was off with the bill and in binoculars bird was very obviously not a pure WWSC. Ran in and grabbed camera and photos revealed what can only be a SUSC x WWSC hybrid. White wing patches, stout orange bill with gradual slope of a SUSC but lacking any of the white or black of a typical adult SUSC. White patch on face a combination of both species make pattern, with a white dot above the eye extending down into a muted comma, and then interestingly a white line down beneath the eye not typically present in either species.
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015
- ISO
- 1250
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1078 pixels x 668 pixels
- Original file size
- 102.25 KB