ML136139141
Contributor
Steve Rottenborn Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Goose Lake State Recreation Area (Oregon)
Lake, Oregon, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
First-cycle bird. First seen at 0550 perched on the Oregon side of the state line at the mouth of Pine Creek, then flew inland to the southeast, into a recently plowed field on the California side of Stateline Road where many Ring-billed and California Gulls were foraging. I refound the bird in that field at 0755. In direct comparison with Ring-billed Gulls, this bird was smaller; more round-headed; much finer-billed, with a mostly dark bill (just a bit of paleness at the base); more slender-winged (as seen in flight); and darker where gray feathering had appeared on the mantle.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 40D
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 57 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/30 sec
- Dimensions
- 2763 pixels x 1842 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.78 MB