ML611454200
Contributor
Graham Gerdeman Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Pond at Mantadia
Toamasina, Madagascar
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation; Flying
Media notes
Two Spinetails approached in the air, then grasped together and spiraled downward, mating! Incredible display and set of images. Seems likely that these are the first photographs of this (previously documented) mating behavior.
Observation details
Incredible display of two Spinetails mating as they spiraled down towards the ground from about 40-50 ft up.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON Z 9
- Lens
- NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/12800 sec
- Dimensions
- 1423 pixels x 948 pixels
- Original file size
- 346.24 KB