ML600056001
Contributor
Davida Kalina Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Whalon Lake Forest Preserve
Will, Illinois, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - 1
Media notes
With 3 RBGUs. FRGU's dark legs visible.
Observation details
Immature (1st-summer plumage with relatively-small white mirrors on dark dorsal surface of folded primaries, and distal white tip on solid-dark ventral surface of folded primaries; all-white tail), noticeably smaller than nearby RBGUs, petite bill, all-dark bill and legs, partial dark hood, white eye arcs, mantle darker gray than on RBGUs. Viewed thru bins and naked eye while it was perched and in flight. Photos and video taken. To view a 1-minute video of the immature Franklin's Gull, click on the 1st image below:
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 3132 pixels x 2349 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.86 MB