ML91586131
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- Age
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- Sex
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Observation details
1 light adult, 1 dark adult, 1 light unknown (adult?). Observed a single light adult numerous times; impossible to tell if the same individual or not. Light ad first seen 1043-1046, flapping, soaring, and occasionally facing into the wind and hovering. First seen low over the grassy hills N of reach 3, then gaining altitude and circling high over reach 4. Took a video of it rising higher over reach 4. Blustery west wind, gentle to fresh breeze gusting strong. At 1105, saw a RTHA N of the property, in flight. From 1125-1131, I saw an adult light-morph again apparently foraging over the grassy hills N of reach 3, hovering while facing into the west wind. At 1141, I again saw a hawk, probably RTHA, in the same area, then moving off to the N. 4 passerines flushed up nearby, way too distant NE of me to determine. Maybe HOLA? At 1157, adult seen again, more or less distant ENE but close enough to ID with binoculars, soaring and hanging in the wind. At 1202, adult dark-morph seen briefly in flight over the stream near the raised hill - lost sight of it while struggling to get my camera out and did not see were it went. Flying relatively low in gusty wind, ca 5x shrub height. Noted uniformly dark underwing coverts and dorsally bright orange tail. At 1339, I again saw a light adult, flying low over the stream vicinity in the E part of reach 4. 1342-1346, I saw 2 light RTHA flying together, first low over the E end of reach 4, then gaining significant altitude and becoming distant to the E. Twice I observed 1 dive towards the other. Generally, they circled near each other. Possibly a nesting pair? At 1406 I saw a single light adult briefly, in flight low over the sewage pond area. I wondered if I had flushed it from a perch or the ground.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 196 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2309 pixels x 2388 pixels
- Original file size
- 425.25 KB