Piping Plover - Andrew Durso
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Location

Montrose Dunes, Lincoln Park
Cook, Illinois, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 41.9660701, -87.633369
Age
Not specified
Sex
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Observation details

Two adults, Imani and Sea Rocket, with their three nine-day-old chicks. Got to spend some quality time watching them forage in the dunes and at the shoreline. Imani chased away a spotted sandpiper, a grackle and a herring gull! Heard some nice piping as well

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P900
ISO
125
Focal length
321 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
Original file size
3.5 MB