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Featuring photos of nature on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.

具志干潟でオニアジサシ、ズグロカモメほか

Nov. 1, 2017
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern

Another Caspian Tern, a little apart from the others. This one was sitting down. It was startled by a Peregrine Falcon and flew up toward me, and when it got closer I could see something that looked like fishing line coming from its bill. I wonder if it had swallowed a fishing rig by mistake. There was a Caspian Tern with fishing line coming from its bill last year too.

Photos taken nearby (within 200 m)

Capture Data

Focal Length
1200.0 mm
Aperture
F8.0
ISO
500
Exposure Time
1/1000 sec
Altitude
5.0 m
Elevation
3.8 m
Date & Time Taken
Nov. 1, 2017, 1:46 p.m.(JST)
Original
2489 × 1659 px
Location
Under adjustment due to policy change

Weather on that day

Nov. 1, 2017 (around the shooting location · hourly)

Max / Min
25.4 / 22.6 ℃
Total precipitation
0.00 mm
Max wind speed
7.33 m/s
Japan Meteorological Agency 那覇 tide gauge station
Photos tagged with this tag: Caspian Tern