Keywords:Sorrento, birds, black necked stilt, copulation, mating
Photo Info
Dimensions1440 x 960
Original file size618 KB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken22-May-11 07:40
Shooting Conditions
Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon EOS 7D
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 800
Metering modePattern
Black Necked Stilt Copulation Sequence
Image 1 of 4. Photographed in the Maurepas Swamp, Louisiana. Unlike some other shorebirds, there doesn't appear to be any prey exchange involved, and in this instance the female initiated mating by posturing.
