ML68624511

Age and sex

Juvenile, Unknown sex - X

Observation details

***Mega. Found by Marshall early morning. Relocated at the southern end of peninsula. Juvenile plumaged Charadrius plover. In comparison to juv. SEPL: larger (notably more stocky and heavier); colder gray back (less brown) with more vermiculated fringes, especially on the upper mantle, which seemed lacking on SEPLs. The supercilium looked more jagged, compared to the thinner, straighter one on SEPLs, with more of a bulge of white at the back of the supercilium behind the eye. Diagnostically, the black of the facial mask met the bill at the gape, compared to above the gape as in SEPL. This also produced a thicker loral area. On this bird, the breast bands were broad, turning paler or buff at the front. Bill black (no color), and didn't seem particularly different from nearby SEPLs. Greenish-orange legs. The bird flew in at the top of the peninsula with SEPLs. I heard a CORP call from the flock—a low, softer poo-eee. After finding the bird, I assumed this had been the CORP calling. Later, a similar call given by the CORP when it flew a short distance. Interestingly, none of the SEPLs I saw today called.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

320

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

2564 pixels x 1709 pixels

Original file size

2.44 MB