ML81235051
Contributor
Derek Stoner Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Stoner Family Farm
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Drakes on parade, with hens in the background.
Observation details
Six drakes and two hens on pond, joined by ten Mallards. Likely "put down" by the heavy rain/sleet mix that arrived in the early afternoon, these ducks(which very well were pushed into the region by the major freeze-up in the region eliminating preferred wintering habitat on large bodies of water) apparently arrived with the Mallards and spent an hour-and-a-half on the pond before departing just after 4:00pm. Observed feeding on algae, drinking, and preening. These are the first diving ducks ever observed on the pond, which is less than a foot deep.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011
- ISO
- 1250
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 4952 pixels x 3450 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.84 MB