Lesser Black-backed Gull - Janine McCabe
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Location

Lake Havasu SP--Windsor Beach
Mohave, Arizona, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 34.4900573, -114.3610883
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

These are the photos I took of a bird at 2:47 pm. It just appeared from where I don't know. It landed on the water and sat a for less than 2 minutes then took off. Discussion of the ID leans toward LBBG. It is a large gull. It has extra darkness around the eye. The tail has a decent amount of white in the rump with some dark pattern. The tail has a dark broad band with thin white fringe at the tip. Upper wings in flight are very dark with black flight feathers.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D500
ISO
800
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/16.0
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
5041 pixels x 2946 pixels
Original file size
2.29 MB