ML618542069
Contributor
Naresh Satyan Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Playa del Rey/Ballona area
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
One hanging out with Willets along the creek, like they often do here. A plump shorebird, about 2/3 the size of Willets. A medium-length sandpiper-like straight dark bill. In prealternate molt, with several patterned orange-black-white feathers coming into the back amidst the plain gray feathers, a rich orange red (darker than the orange of Dowitchers) over most of its underparts and face, finely streaked crown. Dark legs. Second bird in salt pan, looked more or less the same, but maybe slightly more advanced molt. (I don't see a reason to assert that two birds seen at different locations and times must be the same individual when the species is a regular migrant)
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D5600
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1615 pixels x 1079 pixels
- Original file size
- 562.62 KB