ML21293271

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Tags

Field notes/sketch

Observation details

One adult female seen 1.5 km from La Noria along the road to El Cuarenteño, about 30m off the road to the west below the road in an area of large pines with a view to the sea. Was observed for about 1-2 minutes total, mostly perched on a large (~10cm diameter), horizontal, mossy branch of a large oak tree. Lighting conditions excellent, and well seen with Leica 10x42 binoculars. Attempted a photo, but the bird flew just before I was able to snap the picture, and could not be re-found. Behavior: The bird perched calmly for over one minute with an upright posture somewhat leaning forward, did not vocalize, and was associated with a flock of about 8 Red-headed Tanagers, and more loosely with a mixed warbler flock in the same area. Moved away with the Red-headed Tanagers. Description: The bird was noticeably larger and longer than the Red-headed Tanagers, with a longer tail and generally more slender build. Appeared perhaps 25% longer than the tanagers. The bill was short, stout, and convex. The crown was somewhat peaked in the center, and the tail rounded. Over all color was uniform olive, darker above, with paler underparts. It was not quite as green as my field sketch (I was limited by the colored pencils available), but there was an obvious greenish-olive cast throughout the body of the bird. The wings and tail appeared a bit darker than the rest of the upper parts. The most noticeable feature was the entirely black face and throat, encompassing from the hind-crown down behind the eye through the throat onto the upper breast. The bill and eye appeared black. There was no white at all anywhere on the bird, nor were there wing bars, eye line, or supercillium. Similar species and how they were eliminated: Green-striped Brushfinch - no white throat or green supercillium, too high in the tree Saltators - no white anywhere, all-black face Orioles (especially Audubon's immature) - bill was stubby and convex, not tapered and pointy, crown peaked, body/tail not as slender, no yellowish color. Observer experience: I have seen this species several times, and all similar species many times.

Technical information

Model

iPhone 6

Lens

iPhone 6 back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

ISO

32

Focal length

4.2 mm

Flash

Flash fired

f-stop

f/2.2

Shutter speed

1/311 sec

Dimensions

2448 pixels x 3264 pixels

Original file size

1.5 MB