Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch


Subject: Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Place: Synder Hill Waste Water Treatment Facility, Tucson, AZ, USA
Date: July 18, 2001
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor 300/2.8 AF-S and TC20E (600/5.6 equivalent)
Film: Fujichrome Provia 100F
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix meter

Commentary: Elegant Terns of birds of the southern Pacific coast, ranging down into the Sea of Cortez. They seldom mve inland, and this was only the fourth record for Arizona.

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