ML54743071
Contributor
Peter Hodge Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Kapiti island, South of Rangitira
Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Brown Booby (left) and Australasian Gannet (right).
Observation details
Observed fishing just offshore, in the company of an Australasian Gannet. Watched the bird for around 8 minutes. It was easily visible with naked eye and clear through binoculars. The bird was making shallow dives on fish. From a distance, with the naked eye, the bird was mainly dark chocolate/ brown. On close inspection through binoculars, I could see its pale white/pearl bill - this really stood out against the brown colouring - white underwings with brown edges, again noticeable when the bird turned and stooped; white/brown belly; and brown legs. Photos below. Taken with a point and shoot camera, and cropped.
Technical information
- Model
- TG-3
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 18 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 732 pixels x 528 pixels
- Original file size
- 65.79 KB