ML423720181
Contributor
Rob Bielawski Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
**Back Bay NWR
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Flying
Observation details
Probably an obscene undercount, but too much going on along the horizon to keep an exact count, and I was putting all my effort into picking out a Dovekie (unfortunately never did). Just incredible numbers moving around in the haze and slightly closer, with several groups photographed on the water and in flight. Many individuals showing full black hood, making my search for a murre pretty much impossible at this range. Large shoals of bait fish must be inshore finally, as gulls, mergansers, gannets and RAZO all flocked to certain spots and stirred up foraging frenzies.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 6D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 6240 pixels x 3857 pixels
- Original file size
- 5.32 MB