ML345178411
Contributor
Frank Mantlik Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Milford Point, CT Audubon
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying
Observation details
Medium to large all-white tern, stocky body, slightly notched tail, thick all black bill, black cap, black legs. Seen perched on ground of tidal lagoon, sandbar, and rock jetty several times. Also good views in flight, sometimes as it swooped down repeatedly after prey near or on the ground. Seen eating small crabs (or large spiders?) and a small fish. At least one other birder previously reported a Roseate Tern here, but then confirmed this GBTE is what they had seen. I got word out to birding community, and many got to see it during the next 2 hours. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/5000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1280 pixels x 922 pixels
- Original file size
- 807.96 KB