ML616354141

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing birds. Two females. One appears to be younger than the other (parent/child maybe). It has a less prominent ridge from the head to the bill, is lighter, seemingly smaller and mimics everything the more mature looking Eider does. It follows staying close and only dives once the "mature" Eider dives. We first saw them to the south of the pier farther out near the Surf Scoters. They slowly swam to the pier and spent at least 15 minutes diving and eating mussels, then preening. Golden brown Eiders with dark brown scalloping to the feathers on the wings and fine streaking on the head and neck. Dark brown bellies and wing tips that cross over the back. Dark brown tail, eyes and bill. Lighter brown to the cheeks and above the eye creating a capped effect to the head. Prominent ridge on the one from the bill to the head causing a low slope effect. White tips of the secondaries and white feathers under the wings can be seen when they preen.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

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

ISO

400

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

2722 pixels x 2105 pixels

Original file size

2.98 MB