Black-throated Green Warbler - John Garrett
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Location

711 S. Mentor Ave
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 34.1335648, -118.1315017
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

This first-fall male or adult female appeared in the chinese elm in my driveway, loosely with a mixed flock of mostly Bushtits, often associating with a male Townsend's Warbler. It circuited into an ash tree bordering my backyard with the TOWA, then into the chinese elm tree in front, by which time I had to stop following it. It had a whitish chin, presumably indicating a first-year male or an adult female (or possibly a particularly whitish-chinned adult male?). I do have one okay photo of the spread tail (first one below); I would lean toward the outer rects being somewhat tapered, indicating a first-year bird, but I'm not sure how accurately I can judge based on that photo.

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
ISO
400
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/8.0
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
1908 pixels x 1294 pixels
Original file size
1.5 MB