ML618213288
Contributor
Dan Belter Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Bangart Road, south of shorebird spot
Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
First, I saw a pinkish breasted gull with a black hooded head with white eye arcs. It turned and I saw the slightly darker gray mantle, which was darker than the nearby Bonaparte Gulls. The black folded primaries had three or four white wing tipped “windows”. I watched this bird for about a minute when the whole gull flock took flight and headed over towards the flooded area on Guldan. After making a phone call, and posting the sighting to our local group, I headed over to Guldan. During the drive over I saw many gulls flying back towards the pond area on Bangart Road, but I continued onward. At Guldan, I found a second Franklins that didn’t show the pinkish breast. I took photos of the second bird (on Guldan).
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 999.6 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1620 pixels x 1080 pixels
- Original file size
- 404.49 KB