ML613675924

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Sex

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Observation details

Big thanks to Elena Scott for posting her sighting of the Louisiana Waterthrush near the boat docks, which is just upstream from the confluence of the Zayante Creek and Bean Creek. And thank you Brain Scanlon, and others that helped me get to that location. I was very lucky to encounter the bird as soon as I got to my starting point at the docks! It flying from somewhere across the creek lower than my position and flew up into some kind of vegetation hanging from the steep hillside opposite side of Zayante Creek. The bird it self was fascinating since it spent the majority of the time standing at the edge or actually in the water. It was in calm water but near water that was moving faster. It would watch and wait, then grab things out of the water. I could see it catching something, but I was not close enough to see what. I think it varied since sometimes his head would go under and sometimes he grabed things from the surface. It was always on the opposite side of the creek from me, and the diffuse light was just not good for details. On the plus side the very light colored parts with a little orange coloration, and the very noticeable supercillium made it quite easy to spot! I took scores of pictures despite the fact that the distance and low light resulted in very similar results: Good enough for identification. Oh, I should add even at 1/500th of a second at least half of the pictures have a blurred tail because it was pumping it so much!

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

32000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/400 sec

Dimensions

1364 pixels x 909 pixels

Original file size

717.15 KB