Hammond's Flycatcher - Alix d'Entremont
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Location

Cape Forchu--West (Thomas Rd, Markland, Caie Ln)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Map
Map Coordinates: 43.8069243, -66.1622109
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

4th record for Nova Scotia. Found by Paul Gould and I at the corner of Highway 304 and Thomas Rd at 8:30 am. Features: -Short bill with a lot of dark on the mandible. -Large head. -Head slightly crested to mostly smoothly rounded. -Long primary projection past the tertial tips. -Olive back contrasting with greyish head. -Bold eye-ring that is thickest at rear. -Transition from grey head to whitish throat is smooth. -Pale yellow-green flanks. -Forked tail. -Active bird, flicking tail up, sometimes with wing flick at the same time. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7QlTc244vCA Hammond's Flycatchers moult before migrating south, and this individual is quite bright from the fresh plumage. This is the first for mainland NS, and therefore, the first chasable one. All other records are of banded birds on islands: Sept 14, 2013 - Bon Portage Island Sept 30, 2014 - Seal Island Sept 14-15, 2016 - Seal Island

Technical information

Model
NIKON D7000
Lens
300.0 mm f/4.0
ISO
360
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/4.0
Shutter speed
1/1600 sec
Dimensions
1274 pixels x 924 pixels
Original file size
388.25 KB