ML112832611
Contributor
Justin Berkheimer Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Flagler Beach
Flagler, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Media notes
In adult breeding plumage
Observation details
I found it in a mixed flock of gulls and terns. It stood out as being the only tern still in breeding plumage. It had a full black cap, a red bill with a black tip, and stubby red legs. It was obviously smaller than the Sandwich Terns. Diagnostic field marks that indicate this was a Common Tern, rather than a Forster's, include that the color of its legs and beak was dark, as opposed to orange; jet-black wing tips extended past its tail; wings were generally dark gray, as opposed to white; and this would be late in the season, according to Sibley's Guide, for a Forster's Tern to still be in breeding plumage.
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- SAMSUNG-SM-G900AZ
- ISO
- 40
- Focal length
- 4.8 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/2.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/1204 sec
- Dimensions
- 837 pixels x 557 pixels
- Original file size
- 127.04 KB