ML482966161
Contributor
Mel Cooksey Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Port Aransas Jetty (CTC 058)
Nueces, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Found by Martin Reid and Sheridan Coffey earlier in the day. Appeared to be slightly larger than the many Sandwich Terns surrounding it. Upperparts silver-gray, white nape and underparts. Crown and crest black with very long shaggy crest feathers. Forehead was already molted white per basic plumage. Bill long and yellow-orange, quite thin with slight decurve. Legs black. It was flushed several times by passersby vehicles.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 4257 pixels x 2711 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.7 MB