ML31089561
Contributor
Anonymous Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Race Point
Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
At the end of a long, bird-filled day birding Race Point, I observed and subsequently photographed a "Tropical Tern" leaving Cape Cod Bay heading NNE. I was at Race Point proper at the time. A larger tern, all dark dorsally, white forehead, long wings in heavy wing molt. It reminded me of a LT Jaeger in flight style. I took many photos of the distant tern but could not place it as Bridled or Sooty. I carry Terns of Europe and North America with me but this particular plumage I could not glean from the literature. I reached out to Peter Flood, Kate Sutherland, Blair Nikula, and Rick Heil with camera back photos. All responded with Bridled Tern - a young/1st summer bird. Thanks to them all for helping me with this identification.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D750
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 917 pixels x 520 pixels
- Original file size
- 238.42 KB