ML44530711
Contributor
Matt Brady Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Offshore (MEN Co.)
Mendocino, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Nice comparison with Common Murre.
Observation details
One adult in alternate plumage seen with a Common Murre 32.5 km from Laguna Point. First spotted by Todd Easterla and seen well and close by everybody on board. Compared to the Common Murre, it was a darker shade of black and overall more stockier looking with a shorter, thicker, bill that looked slightly hooked and had the white stripe along the bill that was seen when close to the bird, along with the sharp point of white rising up from the underparts on the foreneck. Many photos were taken.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 40D
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 320 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2375 pixels x 1654 pixels
- Original file size
- 785.5 KB