ML35249251
Contributor
Thomas Turner Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR--Union Tract / Visitor Center
Imperial, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
A dark-morph juvenile bathing in the lake. Black overall, though the neck and nape were slightly grayer, giving a hint of the jaeger-like cap. This made it look like the 'intermediate adult breeding' in Sibley, except that it had a silvery bill with a black tip and lacked long tail feathers, so I believe it was a juvenile. The bill shape, body shape, and lack of white barring seem to exclude Pomeraine or Long-tailed. I suppose the next closest thing would be a Heerman’s Gull juvenile, but I know that species well and can exclude it based on body and bill shape and coloration. I tried digiscoping & using my camera, but could only manage terrible pictures (attached).
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 6s
- Lens
- iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2
- ISO
- 25
- Focal length
- 4.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/2.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/1923 sec
- Dimensions
- 4032 pixels x 3024 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.04 MB