ML94024531
Contributor
James P. Smith Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Barton Cove, Gill
Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
A quick pit-stop at Barton Cove produced a nice adult Little Gull, somewhat unexpected given the fine weather conditions. First noted at distance sitting alone on the water. Small size, pale upperparts, whitish wing tips and all dark bill first suggested Bonaparte's but close inspection revealed tiny size and more compact shape than that species. Dark, smokey gray underwing very obvious in flight and even on the folded wings at rest. Still showing winter head markings. Legs and feet, strikingly orange-red seen well in flight and at rest on floating log. My first spring record for this site. Seen later in the morning by Brian Kane, and in early afternoon by Eric Huston but apparently not seen after 14:10 hours.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1173 pixels x 976 pixels
- Original file size
- 711.94 KB