Contributor
Miles Brengle Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Fox Creek Bridge
Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
Media notes
perched along saltmarsh edge
Observation details
I watched a male take several sips from Fox Creek, only my second observation of a passerine drinking saltwater. The first was a family of Red crossbills drinking from a tide pool on a small island in the San Juan Islands (archipelago between Vancouver and Seattle). “Little is known about the influence of salinity on the distribution, physiological performance, and ecology of passerines; specifically, the impact of drinking water salinity on the oxidative status of birds has been largely ignored" (Sabat et al., 2017).
Technical information
- Lens
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- ISO
- 2500
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 7807 pixels x 5207 pixels
- Original file size
- 11.26 MB