ML127837331
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Fecha
Localidad
- Edad
- No especificado
- Sexo
- No especificado
- Comportamientos
- Volando
Detalles de la observación
I noticed this bird in the field as a potentially interesting Mallard-type duck, and got a few photos before it flew away. It has some features favoring a Mexican Duck, chiefly: - the tail is mostly brown, especially in flight (in the photos of it perched it looks a little more white) - little black in the uppertail coverts, and no curly black feathers - the white borders to the speculum seem narrower than other Mallards, although perhaps not as narrow as a true Mexican Duck - the breast is only somewhat reddish - the belly is perhaps only weakly pale, although I couldn't be sure of this in the field - tertials seem brown, not gray A potential concern is a domestic-type Mallard; I only saw one domestic Mallard in the same general area. Thoughts from those who have dabbled more deeply into Anas would be welcome. *I initially entered this as a Mexican intergrade, but most feedback I've received on this bird has suggested that it looks like a good Mexican Duck with not much noticeable Mallard influence.
Información técnica
- Model
- Canon EOS REBEL T3
- Lens
- EF100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1024 pixels x 684 pixels
- Original file size
- 74.41 KB