Photography by Dan Quinn

2010 Mourning Dove Nest and More Birding

Taken 25-May-10

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Dimensions960 x 960

Original file size654 KB

Image typeJPEG

Color spacesRGB

Date taken25-May-10 10:45

Date modified3-Jul-10 15:56

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION

Camera modelNIKON D300

Focal length270 mm

Focal length (35mm)405 mm

Max lens aperturef/6.3

Exposure1/125 at f/6.3

FlashNot fired

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure modeAuto

Exposure prog.Normal

ISO speedISO 200

Metering modeCenter-weighted average

Digital zoom1x

California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californica)

Bob Dodge identifies this as a Broad-necked Darkling Beetle; on BugGuide.net I find a California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californica -- or californicus). This looks like it. NOT Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus spp.)