ML67872091
Contributor
Bill Lee Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Squantum Marshes
Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Continuing. A Peregrine Falcon bombed the smaller 2nd panne a few times, scattering all of the shore birds. It took nearly an hour for all of the shorebirds to settle back down onto the 2nd panne, at which time I was able to observe and photograph the Wilson's Phalarope. Whereas all of the other shorebirds were feeding while standing, the WIPH was mostly feeding while floating and moving in erratic zigzag (brownian motion) patterns. It was not spinning, as is a classic feeding behavior for this specieces. When looking at the bird head on it displayed a widow's peak of darker plumage, which was an extension of the same coloration on its crown. A beautiful and elegant bird.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX B700
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 258 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 1600 pixels x 1200 pixels
- Original file size
- 773.27 KB