ML264552941
Contributor
Brendan Fogarty Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lido Beach
Nassau, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Still about a dozen very small chicks in main colony and defensive adults. Many birds visiting puddles to bathe. Juveniles were practicing skimming by running around puddle with their mandible in the water - an utterly adorable behavior I had never known about. Counted by tens primarily, definitely not an overestimate. Most I have counted at this site ever, by far, and my last high count of 1025 was the previous state high count in eBird. About 75% in or in front of eastern (main) colony.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 80D
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 4372 pixels x 2915 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.36 MB