ML456959571
Contributor
Alan Wight Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Bodega Bay--harbor and immediate vicinity
Sonoma, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Continuing. Adult. Found this morning by Peter Colasanti. Spent most of time floating in channel in harbor. At times it would fly up or down the channel then later it spent quite a bit of time foraging, performing mostly very shallow angled dives but occasionally steep dives. Ranged from north end of harbor to Coast Guard station. Large. Quite a bit larger than nearby Western Gulls. Large orange bill. Black mask at base of bill. Photos of upper side of tail show white of central tail feathers extending to the tip. White head and body. White wing coverts above and below. Black flight feathers above and below. Photos. Life bird.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF300mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1024 pixels x 731 pixels
- Original file size
- 448.75 KB