ML259045141
Contributor
Graham Gerdeman Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Pickwick Lake--Bruton Branch Recreation Area
Hardin, Tennessee, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying
Observation details
Vagrant blown up from Hurricane Laura. Dark storm-petrel with white rump patch wrapping around tail. Square tail. First seen from shore with help from Alan Troyer (who had it in the scope), and later up close on the water. The POJA was actively hunting it by paddling close and attempting to grab it. Both birds surely fatigued, the Storm-PetreI visibly so. It barely escaped an attack we witnessed up close. I would bet the smaller bird has been made a meal by now. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- Lens
- 500.0 mm f/4.0
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 3000 pixels x 2000 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.9 MB