ML383661171
Contributor
Daniel Irons Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Cape Hatteras NS--Cape Point
Dare, North Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
**rare, especially in spring. Feeding just off point with flock of terns and lagu. Didn't have my camera when first seeing this bird and got some bad digiscopes then ran back to get my camera at the car. Bird fed just off beach until dark. Near adult, looked like 2nd summer, with pretty much complete hood (some white around face and chin). Old browner primarie covs. and somewhat adult-like primaries. Smaller, rounder and more compact bodied, shorter more rounded wings, and more buoyant flight than lagu. Real gentle look overall. Feeding style more like bogu, hovering low over water then half landing half hovering to pick something off surface with wings up. Photos
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D750
- ISO
- 1250
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2000 pixels x 1333 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.86 MB