ML62808721
Contributor
Gary Nunn Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Scissors Crossing area
San Diego, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
First heard calling about 7am typical quite loud series "kuk" notes followed by a few "kyowp" notes. Called infrequently and I waited around for about an hour, in the general area of where I heard the bird call, to document a few vocalizations of this great rarity in San Diego County. While waiting patiently, with the Sennheiser shotgun microphone pointed in the general direction of the calls, I was lucky enough to catch sight of the cuckoo perched up in the distant leafless lower branches of a cottonwood which allowed me to get a few long range documentation worthy photos.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1600 pixels x 1200 pixels
- Original file size
- 289.28 KB