ML74760921
Contributor
Steve Hosmer Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Pleasant (Maricopa Co.)
Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Surf Scoter
Observation details
A raft of 8 Surf Scoters was seen at 9:00 AM in the water between two cylindrical buoys that were fairly close to shore, north of the Scorpion Bay Marina. They were swimming and diving together and stayed in that immediate area until at least 9:45 AM. Unfortunately, they were quite far away -- close enough for decent scope views to ID them at maximum magnification, but at the extreme limit for my camera. I was able to get a number of very distant photos (they are very poor quality). I checked this site later in the morning to see if the scoters had come any closer, but could not relocate them.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1557 pixels x 1110 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.08 MB