ML103536751
Contributor
John Bjorkman Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Emerick Road cabin
Kittitas, Washington, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
No crest, but redder cap, eye ring and longer bill makes me think Cassins. Fascinating display - the male spread out his wings in a downward pointed angle, lifted his head back I guess to expose the color on his throat, fluffed his crest (not visible in photo) and danced left to right and back again in front of an apparently indifferent female. After six or seven times, he fluttered up in the air about 8 to 12 inches above the female and hovered there before she flew off. Reminded me of a Western Parotia. Book says this is the behavior of a Purple, but perhaps both do it?
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 60D
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 350 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 2592 pixels x 1728 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.17 MB