ML619911571

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Late. Female, brownish overall with maroonish head, white patch at base of bill, white wing stripe. Large wide bill with substantial nail, bulky rounded head with highest point in front of eye (water is too shallow to dive there now), eye positioned well above centerline of head, pale cheek patch. Despite structural features suggesting GRSC (and with the caveat that it might be GRSC), I initially entered as LESC based on occurrence likelihood, wing stripe (see below), and general laziness on my part. The wing stripe (the bright white part at least) appeared to stop at the bend in the wing when I first looked at some of the photos, but this may have been an artifact of significant back lighting that made the distal portion of the stripe look faded. After looking more closely, the distant backlit photos do show a white but maybe more muted looking stripe continuing well past the wing bend. Feedback welcome!

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P950

ISO

100

Focal length

1142.4 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/80 sec

Dimensions

4608 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

3.54 MB