Contributor
Tyde Bands Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Point Cartwright
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Unmistakably a Giant-Petrel. Huge and menacing yet with long wings, making it appear lithe, graceful and slender, with immense and conspicuous bill. Photos reviewed by two non-colourblind persons demonstrate dark, pinkish-red bill tip contrasting with otherwise bone-coloured bill, making this good for Northern. Juvenile or first year imm; all dark. Seen at 08:03 making several extremely close passes to the headland. Effortless in unpowered flight; direct powered flight almost unbelievably quick for a bird this massive. Generally keeping low over the water. Note: a giant-petrel was seen off the Gold Coast by Andy Jensen yesterday.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7200
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 480 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 769 pixels x 512 pixels
- Original file size
- 144.21 KB