ML604784461
Contributor
Saul Ward Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Nelson--Wakapuaka Settling Ponds
Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
At first, the birds were In a small group away from other waterfowl but were scared by a passing vehicle, the birds then flew and landed amongst a flock of Shoveler. Mottled brown duck with a striped head pattern, Grey Bill, Clear facial strips, Green speculum with black border, no white fore or aft, noted when the birds took flight.
Additional species
- Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
- Gray Teal Anas gracilis
Technical information
- Model
- DSC-H3
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 63 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/10.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 2592 pixels x 1944 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.24 MB