ML225425521
Contributor
Joel Adams Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Brush Hollow Reservoir
Fremont, Colorado, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Apparent third-cycle bird, photos. Seen only in flight as it circled above the reservoir for several minutes. I believe it was flying north when we lost it. Basically same size as RBGU that was flying near it. Most obvious field mark was a very dark gray mantle that was almost the same shade as the wingtips. Nearly pure white head, breast, and belly; limited dark splotching in tail, an apparent mark of subadult plumage. Thicker bill and more sloped forehead than RBGU. Other dark-mantled gull species considered, but size and shape fit best with Lesser Black-backed, along with probability of course.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 214 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 1292 pixels x 856 pixels
- Original file size
- 118.92 KB