ML77559711
Contributor
Steven Mlodinow Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Windsor Reservoir
Weld, Colorado, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Evenly blackish overall, excepting neck and head. Body feathers without any internal markings. Tail solidly dark. No curled tail feathers. In flight, underparts dark, excepting underwing, which was largely white on coverts (see photos). Speculum dark purple with narrow pale trailing edge. No pale leading edge. Bill greenish yellow. Head and neck paler than body, but grayish and not as contrasting as in MEDU or MODU. finely streaked throughout. Blackish crown and eyeline, though not as contrasting as in MEDU as base color darker. No dark near gape. A bit larger than most surrounding male Mallards
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7000
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 538 pixels x 468 pixels
- Original file size
- 115.35 KB