ML106411001
Contributor
Mike Ostrowski Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Siesta Key--Beach Access 5
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
Observation details
Continuing rarity. First summer bird. Was not present when I arrived but then I spotted it standing alone on the beach at access 7. After 10 minutes or so it headed south toward the public beach providing a good opportunity to study the distinctive wing beat: much more rapid and stiffer than Common Tern, but not as deep as Least Tern. Attempted some in flight video but only managed to keep it in frame for a couple non-contiguous seconds. Hopefully it will stay here long enough to make significant progress on its second pre-basic molt.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3400
- ISO
- 180
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 2047 pixels x 1535 pixels
- Original file size
- 462.2 KB