ML618888007
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Datum
Ort
- Alter
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- Geschlecht
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Beobachtungsdetails
Three fluffy juveniles in one shot, at least 2 adults, and two additional juveniles seen in flight. My camera struggled with the birds in flight and was generally too slow to focus. I suspect that there is a second nest as the two youngsters in flight seemed older than the 3 fluffy ones in the shot below which I suspect are not yet flight-capable. I saw males flying between 4 major reed beds, but believe the nests are essentially where they were when we located them a couple of years ago. In reading more about the species I see that it is common for Least Bitterns to nest in close proximity with Boat-tailed Grackles, as is happening here, as they provide some protection against predators. These 3 fluffy youngsters showed no anxiety as the grackles flew in and out of the reeds around them, at times coming quite close.
Technische Angaben
- Modell
- COOLPIX P950
- ISO
- 200
- Brennweite
- 321 mm
- Blitz
- Flash did not fire
- Blende
- f/6.3
- Belichtungszeit
- 1/250 sec
- Abmessungen
- 1570 pixels x 1130 pixels
- Größe der Originaldatei
- 612.74 KB