ML514458181
Contributor
Naresh Satyan Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Malibu Lagoon--State Beach including Lagoon
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Adult or near adult (edit: 3rd cycle bird). A little larger than California gulls, with darker mantle than those gulls (mantle shade a little difficult to judge with the sun out over the ocean). Face pattern distinctive - white towards the bill, fine brown streaking on crown and face, and smudging behind the eye, all giving the face a somewhat bicolored pattern. Rather heavily streaked going down to the breast with thick brown streaks. Eye pale yellow. Bill pattern distinctive - mostly black, with yellow distal 1/3 and red coming into the gonys. Legs pale yellow with a faint pinkish tinge, also distinctive. The bird looked rather squat-legged. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D5600
- ISO
- 450
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2471 pixels x 1649 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.3 MB