ML618851976
Contributor
Steven Lima Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Salton Sea--Lack Rd. at Grubel Rd. seawall
Imperial, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Continuing species at this site. Maximum number present, well to the south of the corner overlook (distant photo below, left). Large brownish shorebirds with long obviously curved bills; overall size clearly bigger than the nearby BNSTs, but not as large as a LBCU (regarding both bill and body). Birds were eventually observed leaving the main group as singletons or pairs, landing in the alfalfa (?) field immediately east of Lack Rd and south of the geothermal power plant. Some WHIMs eventually flew back to the west, with some ending up back by the sea or in the small shallow pool just west of Lack at 33.154432, -115.649357 (right photo, taken upon heading south just after terminating the checklist).
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- Lens
- 3.8-247mm
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 5184 pixels x 3888 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.66 MB