Black-legged Kittiwake - Anonymous
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Location

Boulder Reservoir complex--Boulder Reservoir
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 40.0782795, -105.222127
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Wow!! Surprising bird, walked in from parking lot along 55th street. Small gull like bird gray back black on tail with white face black smudge behind eye with yellow bill. Smaller than the nearby ring Billed Gull, but larger than a Bonaparte gull. Smudging to uniformed for short billed gull. Yellow bill and black smudge clearly seen through scope and bins. Pics to follow

Technical information

Model
DMC-FZ300
ISO
100
Focal length
108 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/4.0
Shutter speed
1/800 sec
Dimensions
4000 pixels x 3000 pixels
Original file size
5.44 MB