ML241665691
Contributor
Blair Nikula Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Race Point
Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Brown Pelican (adult): Race Point Beach, Provincetown, MA - 7 June 2020
Observation details
^ Adult heading NE past the cove area about 6:45, being harassed by GBBG; I first spotted it off to the west thanks to the several gulls that were fussing over it; initially assumed it was going to be an Osprey, but quickly realized it was a BRPE. It continued on a NE heading, several hundred yards offshore, flying low over the water, and landing at least a couple of times, in an apparent attempt to evade the gulls. When last I saw it, it was sitting on the water at least a half a mile out (barely visible even through the scope). After looking away for a minute, I was unable to relocate it, and never saw it again. Distant, lousy, but identifiable photos obtained.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 560 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 600 pixels x 400 pixels
- Original file size
- 251.03 KB