ML91331521
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Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult Female - X
Observation details
At the southern tip of the westernmost flooded field, I saw a small waterbird swimming behind the thickets in the water. At first I thought it was a coot judging by the size and the swimming style (it was doing the head bob thing), but then I noticed it had somewhat of a crest and a more pointed, merganser-like bill. This got me into thinking Hooded Merganser, but this species and non-wooded flooded fields don't go together well. The bird took off and I noticed it was brownish overall with a white belly, and the crest was somewhat visible. The bird circled around the ponds a couple of times for a few minutes, and during that time I saw that it had a small white patch around its eye. It finally landed in the same area where I initially spotted it in. I'm guessing that this bird, like the Sora of last fall here, is just a migrant stopping by before heading off to appropriate habitat. Still very weird to see one here!
Technical information
- Model
- DSC-HX400V
- Lens
- 4.3-215mm f/2.8-6.3
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 130.5 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 5184 pixels x 3888 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.42 MB