ML615655415
Contributor
Doug Willis Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Smithville Lake--Camp Branch Marina
Clay, Missouri, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
2nd cycle bird. Larger than RBGU, smaller than most HERG. Slender-bodied overall w/long wings. Smallish, bicolored (not clearly defined) bill; flat head; charcoal mantle & scaps; retained brownish wing coverts mixed w/newer charcoal coverts; longer dark wingtips; fleshy pink legs. Seen briefly in flight, showing very dark wings above & below, dark secondaries & dark secondary bar on upperwing, lacking a prominent pale inner primary "window." Faint traces of a dark terminal tail band. Digiscope photos in less than ideal light tba.
Technical information
- Model
- C-LUX 2
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 16.4 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 2048 pixels x 1536 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.51 MB