ML70781031
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Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Scanned from Kodachrome 19830630RBGU_B791 [NIKON FE + 600MM Novoflex] SOUTH PLAZA. First Galapagos Islands confirmed record; pers. comm. Michael Harris 1983 [A Field Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos]. Photographed [Kodachrome 64] with 600mm Novoflex/Nikon FE. Bill: medium yellow with full black subterminal ring. Eye: silver iris and scarlet orbit. Tarsi and toes: yellowish, not bright. Mantle: light gray. Vocalization: none. I first found the bird at about 150 meters away while it was feeding in a small pond [El Nino year]. The bird was reasonably approachable allowing for 6 good images. Within the next two hours I did definitely ID the bird. Quite exicting!!
Observation details
SOUTH PLAZA. First Galapagos Islands confirmed record; pers. comm. Michael Harris 1983 [A Field Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos]. Photographed [Kodachrome 64] with 600mm Novoflex/Nikon FE. Bill: medium yellow with full black subterminal ring. Eye: silver iris and scarlet orbit. Tarsi and toes: yellowish, not bright. Mantle: light gray. Vocalization: none. I first found the bird at about 150 meters away while it was feeding in a small pond [El Nino year]. The bird was reasonably approachable allowing for 6 good images. Within the next two hours I did definitely ID the bird. Quite exicting!!
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 5136 pixels x 3888 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.3 MB