Roseate Tern - Dan Stoebel
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Location

Hammonasset Beach SP--Moraine Trail
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 41.2514297, -72.5369894
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

Roseate in the lower right, other two birds are Common Terns

Observation details

One adult roosting with common terns on rocks at the end of the trail, allowing extensive direct comparison. The bill was mostly black ,although the proximal quarter was orange. I gather that that is not atypical for this date. It had a long white tail extending notably past the wing tips. In the nearby common terns, the tail did not reach the wingtips. It was notably whiter on the belly than the common terns that were much grayer on the belly. The much less extensive black in the primaries was evident on the folded wing. There may have been a first summer bird in the area as well, but I only saw it in flight and didn’t get to study it well, but was struck by how white the upper wing surface was, especially in the secondaries and coverts.

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Technical information

Model
COOLPIX B700
ISO
100
Focal length
258 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.5
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
1774 pixels x 1089 pixels
Original file size
1.52 MB