ML623372400
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Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Most likely the bird that Diane Stevens found yesterday and was later identified by the group and photographed by Forrest English. I first noticed it today far across the lake off the shore between McGee and Sandy Point. Since it kept moving closer, we stayed and waited. Eventually, it flew in much closer and I was able to get photographs. The bird was dark brown and slightly lighter on the head. Debbie was able to see the white barring on the undertail at a much greater distance than I was, but I saw it well when the bird came in closer. It has much less white on the outer primaries than would be expected in a parasitic. The nub on the center tail feathers was visible, but I don’t know if there is any difference between the two species at this age. My pictures show the bird looking more reddish than it looked in reality.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- Lens
- 3.8-247mm
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 49.6 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 1062 pixels x 712 pixels
- Original file size
- 323.98 KB