ML243493521
Contributor
Tom Baxter Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Cape Island--CMP--Coral Ave. dune crossing
Cape May, New Jersey, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
1st summer bird, prolonged views from close scope range. Smooth gray top of wings with white trailing edge to secondaries and clean demarcation between gray and white at the rump. Front heavy structure with long tail and short bill. Flight style was a bit bouncier and more graceful than other terns present, and it was not plunge diving, it would dive towards the water and sweep up near the surface instead of diving into the water. It also seemed to do a little bit more gliding, and at one point it even caught an updraft and circled without flapping gaining a good bit of altitude. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1607 pixels x 1071 pixels
- Original file size
- 717.88 KB