ML609093905
Contributor
Marshall Iliff Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Castle Island and Pleasure Bay
Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
**rare; continuing 3rd county record (second live record) found yesterday by Sebastian Jones from a boat. After an hour of scanning I spotted this bird naked eye off the NW tip of the fishing pier. It dove only about 4-5x for very short durations and spent most of its time floating or preening, often rolled to one side, with about five flapping shrug preens. This suggests to me that it’s health, or specifically it’s feather condition, was not ideal and that the bird was doing a lot of self care. This could explain its appearance here on a somewhat odd date. The strong northeasterlies from Hurricane Lee on Saturday and Sunday also could have played a role. Digiscoped photos.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 8
- Lens
- iPhone 8 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8
- ISO
- 20
- Focal length
- 4 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/1.8
- Shutter speed
- 1/592 sec
- Dimensions
- 4032 pixels x 3024 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.87 MB