ML136340241
Contributor
Tom Benson Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Havasu (CA)
San Bernardino, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - X
Media notes
First cycle (first winter) Black-legged Kittiwake on Lake Havasu, San Bernardino County, CA, on 20 Jan 2019.
Observation details
Presumed continuing first cycle bird present since mid December. We were making our way south down the middle (CA side) of the lake, and as we passed Havasu Landing the kittiwake flew in from the southwest directly over our boat to join the flock of Ring-billed Gulls that was following us. The kittiwake stayed behind the boat for several minutes, then eventually flew off and settled on the water alone. As we approached for better views and photos, it would fly off about 100 meters and land on the water again. It repeated this several times before we eventually left the bird and continued back toward Site #6.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 200 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1902 pixels x 1333 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.08 MB