ML637890918
Little/Australian Fairy Tern Sternula albifrons/nereis
Contributor
Matthew Fraser Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Marley Point
Wellington, Victoria, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Positively 'small' terns (Little and Fairy). Resting and preening on wooden uprights and concrete infrastructure. Some sitting beside Crested terns. Birds in apparent non-breeding plumage. Flushed from roosts by human presence but soon returned. Not confident at this stage to venture an opinion as to the ratio of Fairy to Little but multiple videos show majority with light primaries (possibly indicating Fairies). One bird (Fairy I believe) with a leg ring was observed (refer photo). Fairly confident single bird on post is a Little. Identifying in off season appears challenging.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7000
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 900 pixels x 510 pixels
- Original file size
- 83.5 KB