ML304220961
Laguntzailea
Data
Kokapena
- Adina
- Zehaztu gabea
- Sexua
- Zehaztu gabea
Behaketaren xehetasunak
Second-year; so-so documentary photos. Comments by photo reviewers appear to corroborate my call in the field. Regarding the eye color ... I have been bothered by this a bit, too, but in scanning the images very closely at full crop, I find that a majority of the birds have their eyes closed or squinted so much that eye color is difficult or impossible to tell. The few eyes that I can see on a single Herring and several Ringers *do* stand out very nicely as very pale. In the field I was thinking the eye was darkish, but obviously couldn't tell for sure. So I am left *thinking* that the eyes were dark, and definitely *not thinking* that the eyes were pale, but I would agree that character is not 100% conclusive. I'm also left not feeling as though the inconclusive eye color affects the final ID. Comments on ID from Amar Ayyash: I’d call it a Cali. Darker upperparts, smudged hindneck, downward grin. Comments on ID from Jon Dunn: Not great shots but looks like a 2nd year California to me. I see a medium dark gray mantle, a long and narrow bill with lots of dark at tip and heavy brown head washing. The eye looks dark, but hard to be sure. Comments on ID from Alvaro Jaramillo: I can't be sure from the photos, but nothing eliminates it from what I can see. First photo hints at a pale eye, but that may be an effect of the sun? Pale eye would not be good. Otherwise it looks OK, just cannot be sure from distant photos. Comments on ID from Paul Lehman: Agree with the comments of others that the mantle color and the smudginess and extent of the brown on the head and neck and the bill shape all look good for California gull, but like Alvaro I almost thought the first photo suggested a pale eye, which would be very bad. Obviously too bad you can't get a clear idea of eye color and leg color, but overall the bird looks like it could easily be a California gull.
Informazio teknikoa
- Eredua
- Canon EOS 7D
- ISOa
- 500
- Distantzia fokala
- 400 mm
- Flasha
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Obturadorearen abiadura
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimentsioak
- 688 pixels x 554 pixels
- Fitxategiaren tamaina originala
- 169.36 KB