Forster's Tern - Jody Shugart
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Location

Big Branch Marsh NWR--Lake Rd.
St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 30.2781896, -89.9543972
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

I thought the tern in the photo with a full hood could be a Common Tern, but I'm not sure. The other Forster's Terns all had partial black behind the eye as typical this early in the year.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D7000
ISO
360
Focal length
600 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
2544 pixels x 1734 pixels
Original file size
1.62 MB