ML622385291
Contributor
Don Geddes Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Ashburton Lakes--Lake Heron
Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
A pair taking advantage of low lake level enabling them to access freshwater mussels/kakahi. They were picking them up from lake bed and bringing them ashore to hard ground where they placed them on their edges and pried their beaks between the shells, along the shells long edges. They were also at times swimming to retrieve mussels. Seen to collect and eat approximately 4-5 each before flying off, probably well sated.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 70D
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/10.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 3495 pixels x 2403 pixels
- Original file size
- 766.39 KB