ML105129761
Contributor
Lee Jones Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
San Clemente Island--Wilson Cove (town)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Sketch of 1st-year bird made from memory a few hours later.
Observation details
Seen circling just offshore from south Wilson Cove. The 3 1st-year birds were closer to shore (100m out) and seen quite well. They had a distinctive black band near the tip of the tail, triangular blackish wing tips with indistinct separation from light gray wing coverts. Some mottled brown [in greater wing covers?] giving wing a contrast of whitish secondaries set off against darker coverts and blackish primaries (see sketch). Mantle light gray, perhaps with indistinct brown mottling. Bill dark at tip, pale at base. The 2 adults were farther offshore and were identified by pale gray mantle, small size, and obvious association with the 3 1st-year birds.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 140
- Focal length
- 5.4 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/3.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/30 sec
- Dimensions
- 3279 pixels x 3167 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.11 MB