ML614209386
Contributor
Diane Bricmont Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
St. Charles, Missouri, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Habitat
Observation details
Third state record, first for eastern MO. Found yesterday by Bill Rowe on the IL side of the lock and dam, then relocated by him this afternoon in Ellis Bay. Smaller than adjacent RBGUs, with a gray mantle and splotchy, smudgy brown appearance as suggested in the Sibley guide for a first winter bird. Small bill with a dark tip, long brown primaries and pinkish/gray legs. Initially seen standing or loafing on the ice, then relocated some thirty minutes later having flown 100 yards east. Underwing in flight was pale brown. Caught one small fish, which it lost to a RBGU. St. Charles County #300 for me.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P950
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 321 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 3042 pixels x 2281 pixels
- Original file size
- 734.68 KB