ML382189471

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing bird. Finally got a recognisable photo of this species! Very rewarding after my last 2 sightings (Port Moody and Pitt Lake) being absolutely terrible views and dipping on this individual this Thursday. After about an hour and a half on the pier the bird came out of nowhere and circled the end of the pier 5 or 6 times briefly, while I managed to get some flight photos, then flew back towards the shore of East Beach. A few of us scoped it from the end of the pier as it was gliding through the wind, what looked to be right beside the promenade. Here it landed in the water twice just for a couple moments, then took off continuing to glide through the wind East. A few of us tried to walk back down the pier to see if we could find it on East Beach, but we were unsuccessful. When viewed flying at the end of the pier I was able to get good comparison views with the Bonaparte's present. Slightly larger than Bonaparte's gulls, with black cap (though showing a bit of white at the crown) and broken, but bold white eyering. Mantle of the wings also noticeably darker than that of the Bonaparte's, and lacking the white leading edge. Black wingtips. Black band near the end of the tail feathers. Photos to be attached.

Technical information

Model

ILCE-7RM4

ISO

10000

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/3200 sec

Dimensions

3006 pixels x 2004 pixels

Original file size

1.12 MB