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Sean Sime
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27 Aug 2017 5:45 AM
eBird Checklist S38871442

Brooklyn VI Pelagic Trip 08272017- A (morning chum slick)
Suffolk, New York, United States
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Age

Unknown

Sex

Unknown

Behaviors

Breeding

Tags

Comments

Observation details

Large pterodroma. Dark backed with light collar and broad white uppertail. Underside gleaming white with dark bar across wings. Small dark cap and dark bulbous bill.The first petrel arrived at 9:08 once we had drifted into a pocket of 77.8 degree water. Sightings at 9:26, 9:29, 9:44, 9:48 with photographs showing 2 of these were duplicates. All birds appeared to be "white-faced."

Technical Information

Model

NIKON D810

Lens model

300.0 mm f/4.0

f-stop

f/5.6

Focal length

420 mm

Shutter speed

1/6400 sec

ISO

640

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto