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White-winged Black Tern

White-winged Black Tern (Image ID 25300)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Fri 10th Mar, 2017 and uploaded on Thu 20th Apr, 2017 .
Resolution1400x999
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ID25300
CommentThis bird was part of a small flock of maybe a dozen birds that were making regular passes over the water (flying into the stiff breeze). Identification of this bird proved tricky as it appears to be in non-breeding plumage. The rounded tail is unusual for terns and narrowed the ID to either Whiskered Tern or White-winged Black Tern. The reddish legs indicated it was most likely a White-winged Black Tern. My thanks to Ian Wilson for pointing these details out - but any ID errors are entirely mine!
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 400mm
1/3200 sec, f7.1, ISO 800.
Initially processed in Canon DPP 4 to crop, adjust exposure and lighting and perform noise reduction. A 16 bit TIFF file was created from the RAW DPP image and finished in PSE (Adobe Photoshop Elements v9) where further noise reduction was applied to the main subject using Neat Image plugin for PSE. The background was noise reduced and the main subject sharpened.
LocationWestern Treatment Plant, Victoria
Keywordsfeeding/with prey, adult, non-breeding plumage/features
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