ML353362811
Contributor
Roger Schoedl Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Orange, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Alternate plumage bird seen in tidal basin and reported by Shirley this afternoon. Smallish gull approximately 2/3rds the size of the Western Gulls present. Slimmer body profile than the chunkier Westerns. White breast, belly and undertail coverts. Back and wings slate gray. Primaries entirely black with no white apical spots. Legs and feet a deep red color suffused with black. Head was black with a crisp border against the white neck and nape. Thick white arcs above and below the eye. Bill was long, even-sided, a bit droopy and deep red with a slight blackish hue in color.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P1000
- ISO
- 160
- Focal length
- 2156 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.22 MB