ML247763861
Contributor
Luis "Beto" Matheus Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Offshore, north of Fowey Lighthouse
Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
First spotted one bird taking off from water and flying away (E); noticed the white band on rump and typical storm-petrel shape but didn't have time to get binocs on it. Later saw these two birds flying south on smooth flight and short glides with wings help up. Tail not obviously notched, feet deed not seem to extend beyond tail, light band on secondary coverts and apparently some molting going on on primaries. Tail shape, short feet and flight pattern seem to point to Band-rumped Storm-Petrel but wing molt supposedly shouldn't be taking place in early July and these birds where relatively close to shore and shallow water. More accurate location: 25°37'56.9"N 80°04'45.3"
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P1000
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 71.9 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1921 pixels x 1440 pixels
- Original file size
- 625.08 KB