ML117730881

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

This bird was clearly a kingbird. It had a gray head, dark mask, and white throat. It had a long bill, longer than Western Kingbird. It had an olive colored back and brownish wings and tail. The belly and undertail coverts were bright yellow. The chest was yellow and olive. The wings, when seen in flight, were short and rounded. The tail was notched. The bird vocalized several times. The call was a twittering series of "pip" notes (recorded). Gus Van Vliet saw the bird and helped me with the identification. See his checklist for the vocalizations. Ruled out Western Kingbird by the longer bill, brighter underparts, brown tail, and vocalizations. Ruled out Couch's Kingbird by the narrower bill and vocalizations. Photographed. This bird was first seen perched on the perimeter fence. It was actively feeding, hawking insects. It was moving along the fence and treetops. It wasn’t present when I set out, but on the way back two walkers (Amy Skilbred was one) said they saw an unfamiliar bird on the fence. It stayed in the area between the eagle nest tree and the horseshoe slough for a couple hours and was seen by many birders. I'm familiar with Western Kingbird in Oregon.

Technical information

Model

DC-FZ80

ISO

400

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.9

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

2595 pixels x 1947 pixels

Original file size

1.72 MB