ML35556671
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Tim Lenz Laguntzaile honen media Profila
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Kokapena
Cayuga Co.--90 (Lake Rd to Ledyard Rd)
Cayuga, New York, United States
Kokapen honetako media fitxategiak Ilustratutako zerrendak- Adina
- Zehaztu gabea
- Sexua
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Behaketaren xehetasunak
***MEGA subspecies - probably a first NY record; this very dark Merlin was perched atop a utility pole south of Aurora. I saw it naked eye as we were driving past, and did a quick u-turn because it appeared to be all dark. I took some photos of the bird as it perched and then flew; these revealed the general lack of pale spotting/ barring on the remiges, which are very important to the subspecific identification: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v089n02/p0325-p0338.pdf). Most Taiga Merlins show extensive pale barring throughout the remiges, a feature notably lacking on this bird. The dark "helmet" and underparts were also very dark, much moreso than thousands of other Merlins that I've seen well on the East Coast. Photos:
Informazio teknikoa
- Eredua
- Canon EOS 40D
- ISOa
- 400
- Distantzia fokala
- 400 mm
- Flasha
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Obturadorearen abiadura
- 1/500 sec
- Dimentsioak
- 924 pixels x 616 pixels
- Fitxategiaren tamaina originala
- 158 KB