ML97844361
Contributor
Michael J Good Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Acadia NP--Great Meadow
Hancock, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - X
Media notes
Amazing breeding plumage of the displaying male who was also calling. Here you can see the extent of the showy plumage which appears to be across the mantle.
Observation details
I found a male and female. The male had some extreme showy plumage which I am not sure I have ever seen quiet so prominent before. I first heard him call, then saw the white moving through the marsh. The female appeared to climb unto a nest and did not reappear. Photo documentation is from a distance and is not high quality but clearly shows the white puffy plumage of this male who was strutting about near the female/nest. The presumed nest is in the clump of shrubs.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3100
- ISO
- 720
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 978 pixels x 666 pixels
- Original file size
- 581.39 KB