ML20072851
Arctic/Antarctic Tern Sterna paradisaea/vittata
Contributor
Chris Wood Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Dorian Bay--Damoy Point
Antarctica, Antarctica
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
We spent about an hour carefully watching terns here and saw at least four birds that we thought were Arctic Terns and include photos of some here. The most obvious difference was the short legs (always shorter than nearby Antarctic Terns), the smaller size in direct comparison, with a proportionately squat body and attenuated rear and also a much shorter neck. Molt timing for bird in flight seems advanced to me, but I haven't read up on them much.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS-1D Mark III
- Lens
- EF500mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/9.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 2410 pixels x 1607 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.82 MB