ML82761191

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Media notes

photo by Jon Dunn. Words cannot describe the excitement of seeing the first Barn Owl that has been documented in the Saginaw Bay area since the last sighting at Shiawassee NWR in July of 1978. At 8:15 A.M. my friends and I first observed the bird in flight ... an unusually slow wing beat with wings stretching far forward, the tips twisting and cupping to form a scoop to collect precious air. The flight was so slow that I expected the bird to suddenly drop vertically and belly flop to the ground. It flew directly over Lynda Camburn and she excitely identified it as a Barn Owl! Later in the afternoon the owl took roost in a stand of pine trees, allowing us to admire and study it. That is where Jon Dunn took this photo. This Barn Owl was the 301st bird species to be documented at Tawas Point State Park.

Technical information

Model

C4100Z,C4000Z

ISO

100

Focal length

6.8 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/2.8

Shutter speed

0.02 sec

Dimensions

575 pixels x 720 pixels

Original file size

104.7 KB