ML611639446
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Observation details
Flagged rare. County-first record, I believe. Found in Fairfield County yesterday by Rodney McCollum. Present today at the Yacht Club boat docks here in Licking County. I noted the smaller, rounder head compared to Herring and especially the mostly-white wingtips. Many photos were taken. For my own memories: As I was walking from the Licking County spillway, I could see all of the gulls at the Yacht Club lifting and circling high into the air. Being about 1/4 of a mile away, I quickly scoped them and noticed a gull that was pretty bright in comparison to the others and noted especially the white wingtips. I fired off a few distant photos in case the birds never landed again and flew off. The first photo comes from that moment. I quickly raced down the path to the docks and was relieved to see they had settled back down. I located the Iceland Gull out on the water and got many photos, including open-winged shots. Over the next hour or so, it went to the docks and back to the water a few times. All of the gulls lifted twice more while I was there, but settled back in each time. Usually, they do this due to a flyover eagle, but none were present today. The final image is a really neat comparison between Lesser Black-backed, Iceland, and Herring Gulls.
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Technical information
- Model
- NIKON Z 8
- Lens
- NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 800 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 2142 pixels x 1428 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.37 MB