ML643598825
Contributor
Dominic Mitchell Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Porto de pesca da Praia da Vitória
Praia da Vitória, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Observation details
Long-staying bird first found by Simon Buckell, though not reported on local Azores Bird News WhatsApp group since 19 September. Roosting on jetty next to Common Terns, compared to which significantly larger and bulkier with thicker black bill (especially at base), whiter head with faint streaking on hind crown and blackish marking on ear coverts. Legs black. Upperparts uniform pale grey, indicating adult. Rear end appeared ‘truncated’, suggesting it was in active moult of outer primaries, but not seen in flight or stretching wings. Photographed
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R5
- Lens
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 1800 pixels x 1200 pixels
- Original file size
- 769.9 KB