ML613544166
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Observation details
Yo! Continuing luscious Laridae. Bob got on it soon after exiting the car. We were already juiced due to just having spent time with the Louisiana Waterthrush, and this, our target bird for the day, was the cherry on top. We spent time with the BHGU as it moved around with the flock at the creek mouth. An “interesting” person kept walking through the flock, and the birds would get up, fly a bit, and settle. Eventually, the bird took off over the ocean and south. Superficially like a Bonaparte’s Gull, but noticeable red bill (proximal 1/3) and red legs. In flight, the upperwing showed that the outer (3-4) primaries were white, tipped black, and the underwing (primaries) were significantly darker than would be expected on BOGU. Managed some shaky video. So good!
Technical information
- Model
- ILCE-9
- Lens
- FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 4346 pixels x 2674 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.47 MB