Contributor
Thomas Turner Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough)
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
I noticed an enourmous looking bird that was headed in my direction but didn't look quite right for a pelican because its wings were peaked at the wrist joint. When it banked it became clear that it was a Frigatebird: very large bird with long tapered wings. Long forked tail. Head and breast were white, which makes it an immature I believe. It glided in from Goleta beach, hit a thermal in the viscinity of Henley Gate, spiraled to higher altitude, then dissapeared above a cloud layer over Goleta Bay.
Technical information
- Model
- DSC-HX400V
- Lens
- 4.3-215mm f/2.8-6.3
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 130.5 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 3374 pixels x 2170 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.3 MB