ML609832666

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

First individual was a dark morph that came in around 10:40 in the morning, obvious tail molt and some white feathering in the face and on the back, growing p10. Individual number 2 was a light morph that came in around 11:51, clean white belly white chin, no obvious wing molt. Individual number 3 was a dark morph seen flying away (and upwind of the slick) at around 12:15, this bird didn't have any obvious patterns to distinguish from #1 but did not look to have tail molt and seemed to have p10 fully grown. Individual #4 was a light morph that came in well to the slick just after #3 flew away. This bird had obvious molt in the primaries with old p9 and p10, clean white belly. Individual #5 was another dark morph individual that was seen by some of our leaders flying with one of the light morph birds in the slick (Kate and Brian did not see this individual and we have not seen photos of it yet, if anyone has some please send to us! Or post here under #5). Due to the direction bird #3 flew upwind of the slick, and the direction this third dark bird came from it would be a new individual. #6 was another light morph growing p10 and with some brown mottling on the edges of the white underparts. It also had a very unique white feather pattern on the face. I am certain there will be a number of images here to illustrate these points! Please indicate the number of the individual in the photo comments!! #1 dark, #2 intermediate, #3 dark, distant, #4 light wing molt, #5 dark in slick with light morphs, #6 light - interesting facial feathering

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015

ISO

2500

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/10.0

Shutter speed

1/1600 sec

Dimensions

2800 pixels x 2034 pixels

Original file size

2.61 MB