ML75948751
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
Common Loon
Observation details
Seen close to shore in Sunset Cove. Two of us were looking at the loon, wondering if this might be a Pacific Loon (one had been reported yesterday evening along with Common Loons). The head was rounded like a Pacific Loon and lacked the 'blocky' appearance the heads of Common Loons usually have. However ... the neck showed a partial dark collar that gave an uneven separation between the white and dark parts of the neck (but not the same type of white indentation I usually see in a Common Loon). The bill was heavier and more angular like a Common Loon. The area around the eyes was white like a Common Loon. There was no dark chin strap that you usually see in a Pacific Loon.
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
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 2668 pixels x 2000 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.56 MB