ML55452181

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Small tern with forked tail. Wings extend beyond tail when sitting. Tom photographed. Chuck inInitially I (Tom) disregarded this bird as detritus, as it was just over the hump of a sand bar, until chuck saw it move. We realized it was a tern do to the back cap. It finally took flight and we were able to rule out Caspian do to size and forked tail. The wings, upper primaries did not seem bright enough for Forsters. When it perched only a little closer it seemed too long legged for an Arctic and folded wings extended beyond the tail and the bill size fit well for a Common tern....we were shocked, or I was, for such and early date. I took many photo that were extremely poor as the over cast sky and early time of day made for very poor light conditions.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

640

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

4000 pixels x 3000 pixels

Original file size

2.27 MB