ML618670434

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Spotted earlier this morning by Ted G. on the grassy slope on the NE side of the runway. I saw it when I arrived at the normal airport viewing spot. It had moved to the grass between the runway and the taxiway, and was quite far away. I eventually got a good view of it. It was moving around from time to time, also had times when it was doing its version of tucking its head in (ie. I could still see the head, but the neck had disappeared). And then it edged up along the edge of the runway, and ran across at a brisk pace, and out of sight. I moved around to the north end of the runway and there it was on the NE slope. Best view for sure was when it was on the runway. Relatively large shorebird, long neck, rather short yellow bill darker at the tip, light side of face, dark eye, yellow legs. Never flew nor vocalized while I was there. I've never seen one of these before so very cool.

Technical information

Model

E-M1MarkII

Lens

LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3

ISO

320

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

401 pixels x 323 pixels

Original file size

30.54 KB