ML646380269
Contributor
Peter Frost Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Lake Waikato, -39.83001, 174.78616
South Taranaki District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2
Media notes
Photo for the record only. Bitterns circled.
Observation details
Two birds standing relatively close to each other on the furthest (western) shore, about 880 m away (Google Earth). Walking slowly and independently, stopping occasionally. Six Royal Spoonbills foraging in the shallows, just offshore. About the same size although the bitterns were bulkier and standing upright. Birds seen clearly through 20-30x spotting scope, and even through binoculars (though small figures). Could just make out the dark neck stripe. Rest of plumage brown. Photo added for the record only.
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 90D
- Lens
- EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
- ISO
- 1250
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 2657 pixels x 1772 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.15 MB