ML101069661
Contributor
Lisa Doud Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Nessmuk Lake
Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- No bird
Observation details
clearly a tern showing a large orangeish bill and forked tail. It was flying well out. The size, black cap, and forked tail indicated Forster's or Common tern. Many thanks to Rich Hanlon who was able to get much better pictures than mine when he saw the bird in the early evening and provide ID assistance. My pictures are long shots. During the short time I was there, the tern would fly to the opposite end of the lake from where I was. In these pictures the bill looks more yellow/orange than it does red and the wing tips appear light colored. These lighter shades indicate Forster's tern not the darker colors of the Common Tern.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS REBEL T5
- Lens
- EF75-300mm f/4-5.6
- ISO
- 320
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 5184 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 7.15 MB