Processing photo
Contributor
Jim Pawlicki Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lower Otay Reservoir--south arm & boat ramp
San Diego, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Unexpected (presumably wintering nearby). Dark morph adult relatively low and heading S directly over boat launch. Slim, long-winged buteo almost entirely dark below minus whitish undertail coverts and rufous barring on flanks and underwing coverts. Flight harrier-like with buoyant wing beats and pronounced dihedral when gliding. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 3413 pixels x 2276 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.26 MB