ML618107844

Age and sex

Adult Female - 1

Tags

Habitat

Observation details

One sitting in nest, mate flew in with food then left. Still do not see any nestlings but the nest is approx. 1 km away in the forest. Tree is approx. 100' and nest is approx. 1/3 of the way down. Using super strong zoom camera. 3rd season we've seen it [new property for us]....the past 2 years have been successful with two youngsters fledging each year. Last year, we saw the first fluffy head on May 7th [apparently it takes about 4 weeks for the feathers to appear on the head according to Birds of the World data]. We're thinking there is likely at least one young one [we can't see inside obviously but it appears there may be feeding going on when the mate brings food]...we won't know until we see that first little fluffy white head peeking just above the edge of the nest.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P950

ISO

400

Focal length

357 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

4470 pixels x 3253 pixels

Original file size

2.55 MB