ML616689126
Contributor
David Wheeler Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Big Is -- Saddle Rd: Pu'u O'o Trail (3rd kipuka, lush--S end)
Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Crappy photo with a crappy camera. The bird is the yellowish blob in the center (with blurred wing).
Observation details
Yes!! Spectacular bird, probing small holes in thick branches with that improbably curved upper mandible, reminiscent in deliberate manner of an Aye-aye. It then pounded the wood like a woodpecker with the stubby, peg-like, lower mandible. What?? Awesome. The bird was fairly confiding, allowing me to approach to within about 15-20 feet. It is bigger than I thought it would be. What a crazy bill... Unfortunately, my crappy camera didn't allow me to take anything but awful photos.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D70
- Focal length
- 70 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/9.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 828 pixels x 550 pixels
- Original file size
- 135.6 KB