ML300353981
Contribuidor
Fecha
Localidad
- Edad
- No especificado
- Sexo
- No especificado
Detalles de la observación
This bird was first found today by Kevin Ebert who called over the other 10 or 12 of us who were searching around various different areas of the lake. The bird was seen for a couple of hours near the southeast corner of the lake. At about 4PM or so the bird Began to work its way north along the eastern edge of the lake. The bird moved at a fairly quick pace and was fairly easy to track apart from a few exception where it would breify disappear within cattails. We watched it until 20 minutes or so after sunset when it disappeared into a patch of dead cattails presumably to roost. This was a medium size rail that was considerably larger than a Virginia Rail, but smaller than a Gallinule or Coot. The bird was black overall with striking white spots on the breast, mantle, nape, and head, becoming finer towards the head and sparser towards the flanks. The spotting also faded to Barring along the flanks. The feathers along the back, wing and tail were edged in brown. The bill was much longer than something like a Sora, but also shorter than a Virginia Rail and much thicker. Color overall was a dusky olive, fading to a dusky yellow at the tip. The bill also had a somewhat indistinct dark red spot at the base of the bill. The eye was a deep red and the legs were a darker blackish red.
Información técnica
- Model
- ILCE-7RM3
- Lens
- FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
- ISO
- 4000
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 3522 pixels x 2410 pixels
- Original file size
- 10.76 MB