ML175843291
Contributor
Jelmer Poelstra Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Falls Lake--Sandling Beach
Wake, North Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Same picture as ML175843251.
Observation details
Adult, flying around in the area between Sandling Beach and Rolling View. Seen between about 7:45 and 8:00 am, and did not see again after I looked at a group of Common Terns that were coming close for a bit. All-black upperparts, white underparts including underwing coverts, but underside of primaries was clearly seen to be black (cf Bridled). White leading edge to upper arm and some white on forehead. Fairly large, long-tailed and elegant -- jizz reminiscent of Long-tailed Jaeger. Would repeatedly hang against (facing) the wind without beating its wings. Life bird, happy to not have to go on a boat for it.
Technical information
- Model
- DC-FZ80
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 194.6 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 4896 pixels x 3672 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.41 MB