ML209949801
gull sp. Larinae sp.
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Large, extremely pale gull sleeping on sandbar by Spermaceti cove. Size appeared similar to, if not a bit larger than, nearby Herring Gulls. The bird was sleeping in strong sun, so it’s possible some of the mantle and wing paleness is due to sun lightening, however, after looking at the pictures and comparing to nearby gulls I don’t believe the brightness of the sun sufficiently explains just how pale - nearly purely white - this gull appeared. The portion of the head that was visible looked unstreaked. Unfortunately the gull remained asleep during the full observation period. It’s not in itself diagnostic, but this bird stuck out enough that when I moved off it to look at other birds I had no trouble refinding it. I think there was a good change this was a Glaucous but I can't be certain.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 90D
- Lens
- 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 6960 pixels x 4640 pixels
- Original file size
- 8.95 MB