ML289398991
Contributor
Andrew Bell Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Dixie Landfill
Madison, Mississippi, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
First observed soaring above landfill leaving with Ring-billed Gulls. Size drastically larger than the Ring-bills. Immature full With head and belly whitish with some brown markings. Tail white with a thin black subterminal band thicker in center of tail and tapered at the edges. Under tail coverts white and lightly marked with black. Underwings dark contrasting with breast and head. Bill very large and dark with lighter tip. Did not get to see the upper back and wing surfaces. Light shining through wings did not appear to have obvious window in primaries as would be expected in a Herring Gull. Photos attached. Last photo shows size comparison with Ring-billed Gulls.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS REBEL T3
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2378 pixels x 1531 pixels
- Original file size
- 560.72 KB