A daily record.
Featuring photos of nature on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

具志干潟でオニアジサシ、ミサゴ、ダイシャクシギほか

Nov. 7, 2016
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern

The moment it landed it dropped the mullet it had worked so hard to catch — and never went back to pick it up. Why?

Photos taken nearby (within 200 m)

Capture Data

Focal Length
1200.0 mm
Aperture
F8.0
ISO
500
Exposure Time
1/1250 sec
Altitude
4.5 m
Elevation
0.8 m
Date & Time Taken
Nov. 7, 2016, 9:19 a.m.(JST)
Original
1249 × 833 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change

Weather on that day

Nov. 7, 2016 (around the shooting location · hourly)

Max / Min
24.8 / 23.4 ℃
Total precipitation
0.00 mm
Max wind speed
7.61 m/s
Japan Meteorological Agency 那覇 tide gauge station
Photos tagged with this tag: Caspian Tern