ML184328861
Contributor
Graham Gerdeman Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Old Hickory Lake--Snow Bunting Peninsula
Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - 1
Media notes
showing crisp barring on upper and under tail coverts. Fair amount of white wing flash below, but above, white in outer primaries limited to very outer wing.
Observation details
Shocking find. Small Jaeger flying behind a group of Bonaparte's Gulls. I was immediately struck by the small size - only moderately larger than a BOGU! Neatly barred undertail coverts and under wings. Pale upper breast and head. Thin white shafts in outer primaries. After a quick look with binoculars, I realized the bird was not stopping and managed a only a couple of poor, distant record shots, which I will upload. Could not relocate the bird after an hour of trying.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- Lens
- 300.0 mm f/4.0
- ISO
- 3200
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 541 pixels x 810 pixels
- Original file size
- 322.11 KB