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Taylor Sturm
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18 Jun 2017 7:10 PM
eBird Checklist S37684297

Crab Meadow Beach
Suffolk, New York, United States
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Age

Adult

Sex

Unknown

Behaviors

Breeding

Tags

Media notes

FRGU

Observation details

***Very rare (especially) in Spring. Beautiful adult bird loafing on sandbar at high tide, loosely associating with Laughing Gulls. Small black headed gull most similar to LAGU BUT noticeably smaller than LAGU with considerably broader white eye arcs; smaller bill; broad white tertial crescent; considerable white tips to primaries. In flight underwings appeared clean white with dark coloration restricted to the wing tips. Awesome. Photos:

Technical Information

Model

Canon EOS 40D

f-stop

f/5.6

Focal length

400 mm

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

ISO

1600

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

Original file size

1,671KB

Dimensions

3038 x 1766