ML253737501
Contributor
Tom Pirro Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Wachusett Reservoir--Rainbow Cove, Gate 36
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Found yesterday by Sean Williams (I believe) , buoyant flight, narrow winged , more tube shaped body than RBGU and BOGU. Black above (cap to tail) forked tailed with outer tail feathers white. Body below bright white with the exception of the flight feathers which were black. The birds never came very close, seeming to like the far shore area. At time they gained a good deal of altitude climbing above the treed horizon of the far shore, other time they were low just over the water. A few times one "dove" toward the water's surface, but I never saw either actually hit the water. I was surprised they stayed till later in the day! :) A few poor highly cropped photos to follow.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 3024 pixels x 1701 pixels
- Original file size
- 977.19 KB