ML93990211

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

***Very rare. The furthest south record on Florida's Gulf Coast. Flew by headed north without stopping. I found it interesting enough to snap a couple photos but did not look at them carefully later and misidentified the bird. Matt Hafner noticed the photos and asked if I had anymore and whether I had considered Pacific Loon. We contacted Marshall Iliff who said (comments shared with permission): "I'd call PALO. Can't be COLO or YBLO, obviously. Juv RTLO seems tough to eliminate, but head looks more like PALO to me. The key, I'd think, the extent of dark on the flanks. RTLO always has less, and I think this extent is great for PALO. Compare: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/92597571 and https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/79803831" and also: "You can mention lack of large feet as a key mark eliminating Common." I will be submitting a more detailed report to the FOSRC.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D3400

ISO

180

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/400 sec

Dimensions

1024 pixels x 770 pixels

Original file size

61.41 KB