ML606016141
Contributor
Jason St. Pierre Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Palo Verde Diversion Dam
Riverside, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Small storm-petrel - who knows how long the bird was sitting on the water right in front of me as I scanned through black terns. Eventually I looked up and noticed the bird sitting perhaps 100 ft directly in front of me. Chocolate brown throughout with paler brownish greater secondary coverts. Short, thick tubenose bill. White in rump and uppertail coverts extends into sides of undertail coverts. Over about a 45 minute period the bird floated from the west side of the reservoir to almost the eastern shore (AZ side). Only once I noticed it briefly raise it's wings. It appeared to pick at things on the water's surface, but never took flight. One pic showed raised wings, though my lighting settings were messed up at the time.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 12
- Lens
- iPhone 12 back dual wide camera 4.2mm f/1.6
- ISO
- 32
- Focal length
- 4.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/1.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2506 sec
- Dimensions
- 2680 pixels x 1780 pixels
- Original file size
- 594.74 KB