ML321726201

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Behaviors

Flying

Observation details

Photos, found by Fred Atwood. Fred could see it through scope from boat ramp, but I could not, so I walked about five minutes along forest trail bordering north-western finger of the lake to get closer to the flock, eventually getting quite close at a mile marker 0.5 across from the flock. The Little Gull was constantly in flight at western edge of Bonaparte's Gull flock, possibly foraging on flying insects above the lake. Smaller than Bonaparte's Gulls nearby, with pale gray mantle and upper wings with white margins to primaries and secondaries (no bold white slash in leading edge of wing like Bonaparte's), dark sooty underwings, red feet, slight pink tinge to belly. Wing shape was more rounded/paddle-like than longer winged Bonaparte's. Overall size smaller.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

400

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/125 sec

Dimensions

570 pixels x 669 pixels

Original file size

75.63 KB