ML459755241
Contributor
Justin LeClaire Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lavaca/Cox Bay S. of TX35
Calhoun, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Bird observed by our team for perhaps 90 seconds from very close range while on a stationary boat during waterbird colony monitoring. The bird appeared dark brownish gray above and mostly clean white below, appeared very long-winged and long-tailed, had white central underwings with complete fully dark margins, relatively bright pinkish feet (seen in one photo), and had effortless buoyant flight even while it was being mobbed by various waterbirds. The bird appeared healthy and strong, but was chased away from the waterbird colony and headed off towards open Lavaca Bay waters and was not seen again.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 70D
- Lens
- EF300mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2838 pixels x 1851 pixels
- Original file size
- 2 MB