King Eider - Alan Wells
Report

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Date

Location

Rt. 1A, Second Pullout South of Odiorne Point, Rye
Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 43.0400379, -70.7150774
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

When we arrived at Ordiorne Point SP at about 12:30 pm, we learned that the ongoing BioBlitz had found a female King Eider in Sunken Forest Cove earlier that morning. Later that afternoon we broke out the scope and scanned the area in search of the bird. It was found after about a 15 minute search. Initially seen swimming, but eventual came in closer and hauled out on a rock about 100 ft from us. The bird was a lighter, more buffy brown than surrounding Common Eider. Face with an obvious”grin”. The breast and anterior portion of the neck was very pale. Obvious pale stripe over the eye extending backwards to the sides of the neck. Crown, nape, and back of neck very dark brown. Wings dark brown, speculum black with white edging. Large white patch on forewing visible when wing elevated. (Apparently a continuing bird.)

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS R6
Lens
RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
ISO
5000
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/8.0
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
1800 pixels x 1200 pixels
Original file size
896.72 KB