ML312399241

Age and sex

Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1

Подробности наблюдения

Juvenile found in small wet area immediately NW of entrance to military compound on S side of runway. Bird initially seen preening but obscured in emergent vegetation, and could easily have been dismissed as a juvenile Common Moorhen as many features not visible. However, did not ‘feel’ right and overall coloration not matched by that species. Once bird started moving, buff-brown neck and breast, darker brown crown and upperparts, dark lower belly and ventral area, and emerging green and blue iridescence on wing and upperparts all noted, as was lack of white flank stripe. Undertail white. Feet reddish, legs somewhat darker with less strong colour but dark ‘thigh’ feathering contrasting with buff-brown lower breast. Bill and frontal shield dark, almost blackish, and lores similarly dark. Possibility of African Swamphen eliminated primarily by slimness of bill. Plumage clearly worn as ‘scaly’ juvenile pattern of upperparts difficult to discern in the field. Traces of this and other key field marks visible in documentation images which will be posted to eBird after the trip has concluded.

Техническая информация

Модель

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM +1.4x III

ISO

400

Фокусное расстояние

420 mm

Вспышка

Flash did not fire

Диафрагма

f/4.0

Выдержка

1/1250 sec

Размеры

1800 pixels x 1200 pixels

Исходный размер файла

1.2 MB