ML143089241
Contributor
Kent Forward Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Pillar Point Harbor
San Mateo, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Large tern (larger than Elegant), orange bill (heftier than Elegant), a lot of white on the forehead, black crown feathers forming a crest. I stumbled on this bird around 12:35 at Pillar Pt Harbor, this was on the beach just south of the public boat launch ramp, I was able to get photos. I found out later that Chris H. and Malia D. had a Royal at Pilarcitos Creek Mouth about 30 minutes earlier, so this must have been its next stop on the line! Donna P. soon joined as well, and we watched / photographed the Royal for another 10 minutes or so and then it flew, fishing in the Harbor a bit and meandering off to the west until it was out of sight.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2124 pixels x 1194 pixels
- Original file size
- 471.54 KB