ML646800224
Contributor
Beth Price Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Back yard along Bowlee's Creek, Manatee County
Manatee, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying
Media notes
Came in so low overhead that I had to pull in my lens to get the bird in the frame. Shot at 380mm and cropped photo.
Observation details
Was watching a small kettle of TUVU forming when a MAFR cruised right over my head, flying low. It slowly rose and circled with the TUVU, remaining in sight for over 6 minutes. It flew in from the west and continued generally in that direction until it disappeared from sight, heading eastward. Highly unusual to see in my location, especially after seeing 25+ last week. Prior to these, I've only observed one in this location, years ago.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7200
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 720
- Focal length
- 380 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/9.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 3764 pixels x 2509 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.9 MB