ML75661231
Contributor
Christopher Rustay Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
west side of Bluewater Lake
Cibola, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Note no white in spread wings. White-winged Scoters in the rear right
Observation details
dark contrasting cap with lower portion of face. Two white spots on head , shoehorn bill shape, no white wing patch (see photo of bird spreading wings below. Larger than Buffleheads. Stiff tail up on one bird. In direct comparison these birds were just slightly smaller than White-winged Scoters. One bird seen to the north at same time that three birds seen to the south on the lake.
Technical information
- Model
- DC-FZ80
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.9
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 3092 pixels x 1839 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.68 MB