ML69103401

Age and sex

Adult Male - X

Observation details

Surprised to see this species on Lake Ontario this early in the Fall! 200-300 metres out, mostly swimming but sometimes diving. Eyes generally appeared darkish brown but on some angles sometimes appeared yellowish or at times even almost golden. Roundish head with fairly short beak, large white patch completely surrounding eye, somewhat triangular in appearance from some angles, dark crown and nape contrasting with grey-brown back, greyish to white flanks, some white just ahead of tail. Never seen in flight, always on water. Distant photos were obtained, best highly cropped have been uploaded. White "facial triangle" and extensive black on cap and around the "white triangle" more like that of a male. Apparent lack of long tail might be due to stage of moult at this time of year.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D90

ISO

1600

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/4000 sec

Dimensions

644 pixels x 428 pixels

Original file size

90.44 KB