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A very camera-shy Australasian Shoveler spotted today on the Hokowhitu Lagoon. This was the closest shot I could get (sorry it's facing the other way). It was at the extreme limit of my 70-300mm lens and this is a very tight crop. I've never seen one of these before - very pretty I reckon! This is a male in full breeding plumage. I hope I can get a better shot in future, if it hangs around! Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted. Australasian shovelers are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a ridiculously large bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. (<a href="https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/australasian-shoveler" rel="noreferrer nofollow">nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/australasian-shoveler</a>) |
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Source | Awe... Come Back Here! |
Author | Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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Camera manufacturer | SONY |
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Camera model | ILCE-7RM4 |
Author | Geoff McKay |
Exposure time | 1/500 sec (0.002) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:44, 23 August 2021 |
Lens focal length | 300 mm |
Headline | Awe... Come Back Here! |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Capture One 21 Windows |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:44, 23 August 2021 |
APEX shutter speed | 8.965784 |
APEX aperture | 4.970854 |
APEX brightness | 8.6265625 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 4.96875 APEX (f/5.6) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 300 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Serial number of camera | 04470569 |
Lens used | Sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS |
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Contact information | geoff.mckay@xtra.co.nz
54 Churchilll Avenue Palmerston North, , 4410 New Zealand |
IIM version | 4 |