ML619316901
Contributor
Sean Sime Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Plumb Beach
Kings, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
Adult bird found by Sean Medina. Textbook field marks. Small, all red bill, rounder head/forehead than other sterna, with black cap extending below the eye and closer to gape than COTE. Extremely long winged, and tailed. Folded primaries frosty and uniform with much more of a curved shape than COTE. Short, red legs consistently shorter than adjacent COTE in all manner of rest and walking. In flight, upper wings white, the underside with a thin band of dark along the primary tips, far more restrictive than confusion species. Second modern day Brooklyn record and reportedly the same day, six years apart. Photos, video.
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 2450 pixels x 1673 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.8 MB