ML642308266
Contributor
Liam Wolff Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Santa Ana NWR--Pintail Lakes Trail
Hidalgo, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
In Pintail Lakes. Moving around quite a bit but here are the locations in chronological order: 26.079029,-98.133898 26.078505,-98.133366 26.075635,-98.134312 Gorgeous stunning adult male all black except for bright yellow forehead plate, yellow bill with white saddle, and rusty brown back. In flight wings were half yellowish/reddish. Pinkish grayish legs and feet. Uncomfortably long toes. Foraging for invertebrates on edge of water and in aq veg. Would fly to different parts of the pond to forage in new areas. Stopped to preen briefly in northern pond. Met with Father Tom who got on the bird after a few minutes. Awesome bird found by Lehman Ellis Texas #499 ABA #616
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R5
- Lens
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 2406 pixels x 1604 pixels
- Original file size
- 842.92 KB