ML622745025

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing bird found earlier in the day by Daniel Redwine. Dark-bodied duck with contrasting buffy neck/head and all brown tail easily eliminated Mallard. Prominent gape spot (easy to see from a reasonable range but a bit difficult from a distance), clean unmarked buffy throat, and a certain amount of apparent lighter interior markings on the body feathers (not just fringes) all point towards Mottled over Black Duck. Unfortunately the wing pattern is unclear because of extensive feather wear and loss. In spite of that I believe there’s enough to comfortably call this a mottled. Unfortunately the bird is very skittish which prevented me from getting good close photos, it immediately took off paddling away as soon as I eased into sight and I spent my time looking through the scope rather than photographing, so the only photos I have were from a distance and really don’t show anything useful.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX70 HS

Lens

3.8-247mm

ISO

125

Focal length

247 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/400 sec

Dimensions

4964 pixels x 3723 pixels

Original file size

2.65 MB