ML26568971
Contributor
Arpit Deomurari Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Ajad Island
Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat, India
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Watermark
Observation details
On 06-05-2008 I was visiting Ajad Island ( 22' 22' 49.96 N,,,, 69' 23' 20.95E) off the coast of Poshitra in Gulf of kutch Gujarat. And came across this seabird. Unfortunately It was sunset time and the bird was quite far..so not able to get decent shots. but still managed to grab some pictures. But I have decent observation through my spotting scope and identified the bird as Brown Noddy, But later checking the web site, re-editing the pictures and checking on internet revealed it as a Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus. Which could be the first record for Gujarat.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 30D
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 800 pixels x 541 pixels
- Original file size
- 51.32 KB