ML618537949
Contributor
Jim Pawlicki Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Murray--southeast side
San Diego, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Adult breeding-plumaged (full black caps) pair circling and calling fairly high over SE side of lake. Initially heard “kee-rick” calls and noticed both almost overhead heading due E then slowly turning and heading out of sight to N. Medium-sized terns slightly smaller and slimmer than CATE, but not as much as ELTE. Clean upperside of outer primaries and mostly clean undersides with darker grayish tips to outer primaries. Bills an even bright orange throughout and thicker with less obvious droop than ELTE. “Kee-rick” calls also subtly lower-pitched and less screechy than ELTE. Photos.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/5000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1990 pixels x 1326 pixels
- Original file size
- 87.36 KB