ML93994701
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- Age
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- Sex
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Media notes
The LIGU is the smaller gull with full black hood in the center of the photo
Observation details
***very rare, only the 5th county record and the first record away from Bald Eagle SP, also quite rare away from the lower Susquehanna in Pennsylvania. Adult or near adult bird with mostly black underwing and white edges to the primaries, almost in full alternate plumage sans for a little amount of white near the bill. Originally viewed the bird from the north parking lot foraging on the wing over the lake with the larger flock of BOGU until it went out of view behind the peninsula, so I moved to the south parking lot which provided much better looks of the bird foraging and resting on the lake amongst the flock of BOGU. Birding wasn't even my primary intention at first (I was just on a leisurely walk around the lake with my girlfriend), but decided to get my scope out when I noticed a decent sized flock (for Centre Co.) of BOGU. This also explains why I didn't have my camera today, so some atrocious digi-scoped photos will have to suffice as documentation.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 7
- Lens
- iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8
- ISO
- 20
- Focal length
- 4 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/1.8
- Shutter speed
- 1/515 sec
- Dimensions
- 1663 pixels x 1204 pixels
- Original file size
- 448.44 KB