Red-breasted Merganser - Rich Ball
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Location

Douglass (Anna & Frederick) Park, Chicago
Cook, Illinois, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 41.8633213, -87.6991556
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

As I look this picture over I am not sure I've ID'd it properly. Perhaps it's a Common Merganser. I saw it in the water with an elaborate brown hood behind its head.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D300S
ISO
1000
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/16.0
Shutter speed
1/640 sec
Dimensions
2057 pixels x 1373 pixels
Original file size
1.96 MB