ML646969029
Contributor
Jonathan Mays Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Santa Fe
Alachua, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
RARE, continuing. Small gull, similar in appearance to BOGU but showing black carpal bar and shorter, less pointed wings, both observable with bird sitting in the water and in flight, with in-flight views also showing dark secondaries . First winter plumage with faint gray smudging on head and lacking the dark underwings of adults & 2nd winters. First found in mixed feeding flock (gulls, terns, loons, cormorants, mergansers) just northwest of center of large lake, but then was treated to some alone time as he/she peeled off solo to rest and preen. Hung out for ~10 minutes within 10m of my kayak. Back of camera doc photos:
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2054 pixels x 1369 pixels
- Original file size
- 425.18 KB