I finally found some time to process the
other shots I took last January 9th at the vast fishponds of Sto. Tomas,
La Union. It turns out that I actually captured a new Philippine record in this sortie - a Saunders's Gull. This is the third new record that I've been fortunate to photo-document (the first was a Common Starling in Palawan way back in 2007, and the second was the recent Amur Falcon also in La Union) :)
It was fishing over a shallow pond in the company of dozens of Whiskered Terns, another migratory species. Even in a flock in flight, the gull was easy to differentiate from the terns because of its much larger size.
It was fishing over a shallow pond in the company of dozens of Whiskered Terns, another migratory species. Even in a flock in flight, the gull was easy to differentiate from the terns because of its much larger size.
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Saunders's Gull (Larus saundersi, migrant, new Philippine record)
Habitat - photographed while foraging over fishponds.
Habitat - photographed while foraging over fishponds.
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| Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, January 9, 2015, Canon 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS, 500 mm, f/4, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, major crop. |
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| Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, January 9, 2015, Canon 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS, 500 mm, f/4, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, major crop. |
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| Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, January 9, 2015, Canon 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS, 500 mm, f/4, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, major crop. |
