ML618918373
Contributor
Ken Burton Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Arcata--Janes Creek at 11th Street
Humboldt, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
I noticed a large bird with raised wings circling high to the north, roughly over Foster Ave. I initially assumed it was a TUVU, but when I looked with my binocular I realized immediately that it was yet another SWHA! It was smaller than a TUVU, with strongly pointed wingtips and pale underwing coverts contrasting with dark remiges. I watched it circling for a couple of minutes, trying (and failing) to get a decent photo, before it drifted out of sight. It never flapped and flew much more steadily than a TUVU would, without any wobble. This has been a heck of a spring for SWHA here (one was seen about a mile west at close to the same time yesterday).
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P950
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 714 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 1793 pixels x 1075 pixels
- Original file size
- 187.47 KB