ML623376619
Contributor
Buzz Scher Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Ship Creek--Ship Creek mouth & Small Boat Launch Rd.
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying
Media notes
SY bird finishing 2nd prebasic molt (only P9&10 still growing). Note small white mirror on p10. Compare state of molt with ML622748238 (20 Aug) and ML621884094 (26 July)
Observation details
Continuing (since 9 July) SY bird, nearing end of second prebasic molt. Primaries P1 to P8 regrown, P9 and P10 growing (est 'primary molt score' about 47 out of 50). Primaries P1 to P5 have small white tips; black on primaries P4 (trace) to P10; P10 has a small white mirror. All secondaries and tail feathers fresh and regrown. Compare state of molt with ML621884094 (26 July) and ML622748238 (20 August).
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON Z 8
- Lens
- AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR
- ISO
- 10000
- Focal length
- 700 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 1564 pixels x 1840 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.1 MB