ML52665311

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

The bird flew up to a perch at the top rim of the right rusty tower just to the left of the vertical silverish tube at 9:50AM. It was peregrine like in appearance but colors were a soft brown and white. It had some flank steaks visible when perched (isn’t seem to have as well defined belly streaks) and long brown wings and tail. It’s facial marks were also peregrine like but its mustache was brown, it had a more brown cheek patch, a white spot behind its large dark eye and a long white eyebrow that stretched well behind its eye. It eventually flew south off its perch and we saw dark blackish ‘armpits’ under the wings. A crow chased it a bit behind the two towers. Another birder rebound it on one of the smaller brick towers. Shortly thereafter it flew and disappeared behind the towers for about 20 minutes. Jim & I walked north trying to see the other side of the towers. Birders waved to us as we walked back as the bird had perched on the left tower, on the rim just below the top and to the left of the silverfish tube on the tower. We re-found it at 10:50 and watched it until about 11:10AM when we left.

Technical information

Model

DSC-HX200V

Lens

4.8-144mm f/2.8-5.6

ISO

100

Focal length

143.3 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

1875 pixels x 2500 pixels

Original file size

1.04 MB