ML73837361
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Dunlin photographed by Curtis A. Marantz on 28 October 2017 at the sewage ponds associated with Lake Tamarisk, Desert Center, Riverside County, California. This is the first Dunlin that I have seen at Desert Center, where the species is at best very rare.
Observation details
A bird seen foraging in the northeast corner of the sewage pond was somewhat smaller than nearby Killdeer and plump with tapered wingtips, a rounded head, and a slim bill that was about as long as the head was wide and seemingly with a slight droop to the tip. The head, neck, breast, and sides were medium-gray, but the throat was whitish, and the belly and flanks were white, which gave this bird a hooded appearance. The back and wings were about the same shade of gray as the head and neck, but I noted paler fringes to the wings that gave them a somewhat scaly appearance. The bill was black and the eyes and legs were dark. To the best of my recollection, this was the first Dunlin that I have seen at Desert Center.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- ISO
- 320
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 623 pixels x 442 pixels
- Original file size
- 323.52 KB