ML642880133
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Immature Male - 1
Media notes
Tas well as bird's eye, peeking through a gap in foliage
Observation details
After sorting travel, we returned for a second attempt. Still very difficult viewing as the weather closed in, with its favoured clump of elders by the loch being increasingly wind-tossed. Typical sightings were every 20-30 mins and only parts of bird visible as it had a distinct tendency to feed on clumps of elderberries while hidden from sight, and then very much a matter of luck where gaps in the vegetation appeared. I was lucky to get a one second unobscured view of the bird's head when wind moved a small branch away. Photo gives typical impression. As wind mounted became a bit more mobile and made a couple of trips over road to gardens, where it eventually showed very well for a minute or so close to cover, feeding on ground in garden, eventually emerging unobscured. What a bird!
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R7
- Lens
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 3315 pixels x 2345 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.27 MB