ML126314171

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Found this gull loafing in front of the dam mixed in with the RBGUs right before roost. Stood out as having a darker mantle and some odd brown smudging on the nape. Was different enough looking to pick out among the RBGU without much trouble. Managed these photos before the sun set and sent them to some folks like Brainard and Amar Ayyash, both who believe this is in the Mew Gull complex. Some of the field marks being looked at on this bird include the aforementioned darker mantle than RBGU and brown on the nape. Also a couple of the photos show the large dark eye, and a rounder head shape. The bill which is hard to see in these photos, looks quite petite and pretty much all yellow with maybe a small winter smudge. Also you can see the wider white edge on the tertials/secondaries.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P900

ISO

1600

Focal length

999.6 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

0.04 sec

Dimensions

4608 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

3 MB