Herring Gull (American) - Ryan O'Donnell
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Location

Glendale Recharge Ponds
Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 33.5242237, -112.286582
Age and sex
Immature Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Flying

Observation details

Continuing first-cycle bird with apparently injured or infected right eye. Probably female given bill size. Expected subspecies here, but also confirmed by tail pattern (mostly blackish to the base, except for the outer edge of the outer rectrix). Photographed:

Technical information

Model
NIKON D90
ISO
640
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/1250 sec
Dimensions
2832 pixels x 1960 pixels
Original file size
1.05 MB