ML586174191
Contributor
Harith Anantharaman Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Vizhinjam Harbour Mosque Sea View
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
A dark tern, with no white anywhere on the wings or even the head - initially suspected to be a dark skua until it started fluttering and diving like other terns. Seen by all for 2-3 minutes in a Great Crested Tern flock, fishing in circles. Flight ruled out all other seabirds other than terns. No white on underwing ruled out Sooty. Between the three Noddies, Brown seems likely on size (and distribution), bill did not appear to be sharp and slender. Lack of any pale areas on head indicate an immature
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON Z 50
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 306 pixels x 325 pixels
- Original file size
- 57.29 KB