ML617393440
Contributor
Loren Wright Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Bolsa Chica--Interpretive Center/Bolsa Bay
Orange, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
Observation details
Continuing. 1 M observed foraging with 2 M Lessers by tidal gate here (33.7032598, -118.0532509). Rounder head shape; larger than nearby Lessers by ~10%; wider cheeks when viewed head-on; more white on flanks - esp. towards front; larger bill; wider, solid black nail. (Unreliable/supporting-only field mark: the head consistently had a green sheen at all angles, never purple.) Photos.
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 560
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 4150 pixels x 2767 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.63 MB