ML431590001
Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid) Thalasseus sandvicensis x elegans
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
Hybrid candidate. Twice observed an Elegant type bird with markedly blackish bill pass through the swirling mass of birds on the spit below. Body size and coloration (including pink blush) like Elegant, bill dimensions also like Elegant. Distal 25% of bill was yellow. Remaining 75% was mixed in color - primarily black (about 75% of area) but with yellowish to yellow orange blobs (about 25% or area) appearing along the top, bottom and cutting edges.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P1000
- ISO
- 220
- Focal length
- 432 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.81 MB