ML159348061
Contributor
Catherine Sandell Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Bosque del Apache NWR--Seasonal Tour Road (closed Oct. 1 - Mar. 31)
Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
side view showing white forehead, dark capl and short tail
Observation details
small tern with very long narrow wings, short forked tail,dark cap and nap, light bill and white forehead feeding over the ditch across from the warm water well just before sunset. Was actively feeding and flew up and down the canal half a dozen times. Wind was blowing hard and tern was moving fast and low, most field marks picked up with out binocs.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 44.6 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 2046 pixels x 1566 pixels
- Original file size
- 442.5 KB