Sandwich Tern (Eurasian) - Chris Benesh
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Location

NL--Renews--beach & bay
Avalon Peninsula-St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 46.9280077, -52.9476213
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Any Sandwich Tern is rare in Newfoundland, but this one struck me as being thin billed and with a lot of white edgings to the primaries. Some of the ID details seem to be supported by recent article published by David Sibley.

Technical information

Model
DMC-LX3
ISO
80
Focal length
12.8 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/3.5
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
2048 pixels x 1368 pixels
Original file size
2.29 MB