ML615264172

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

First found by Neil Foley. I came out about an hour later with scope and camera. It was hard to find in the camera. But I saw it well through the scope: the pale supercillium, the long, down-curving scimitar of the bill. When I first became aware of it my first thought was Great Blue Heron as I saw wading-bird, stalking movement going into a corner of the grass. But a better look showed the brown bird, the eyebrow, the bill clearly. I saw it preen a couple of times. It turned occasionally at the sounds coming from beyond the new house building site: I could hear people yelling, dogs barking, CAGO honking and the occasional shot fired-- goose or rabbit hunting, probably latter. The bird seemed aware but unfazed in the marsh location. It was in a fairly sheltered spot in the lee of Phragmites.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

640

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

2400 pixels x 3000 pixels

Original file size

1.5 MB