ML67480261

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing bird. Discovered by Arman Moreno. I started the morning at Mansfield Dam in the hopes of getting to make further observations on this individual-without luck. Then I came over to Windy Point and made several passes along the entire southern shore across the lake with my scope, and again did not see the gull. Suddenly, almost dream-like, the gull appeared right below me along the rocky western edge of the point, slowly skimming its way above the water's surface, moving north with the shoreline, and at times crashing into the water to feed. The bird repeatedly went back and forth in front of me as it worked the rocky shore. Sometimes it would sit on the water and rest. A medium sized gull with unique upperside that consisted of a tricolored pattern that hinged at the wrists, and expanded out, to gray brown and black, with a translucent white trailing wedge to the wing. Black terminal band to the notched white tail seen. Dark smallish bill, eyes, and gray-fleshy colored legs. Round gray/brown head, with pale forehead, chin/throat. Fairly plain and pale gray below, with a blackish outline to the trailing wing edge towards the tips, and stunning translucent wedge. Observed at close range for at least 30min. with plain sight, 8x42s and 20x80 scope, at distances of 5yds-100yds. Photographed. Eventually, lost the bird as it moved northwest along the Point's shoreline at about 11:50am.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 60D

Lens

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

ISO

640

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/1600 sec

Dimensions

5184 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

7.09 MB