ML130047081

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Tags

No bird

Observation details

heard singing directly overhead, a low chuckling noise. Arizona Bird Committee review species. First found by Dave Stejskal on 5/25, perhaps 5/26. Refound by Gary Rosenberg on May 26. Though I had heard that other birders had observed the male Starthroat earlier in the morning, it took me three hours to find it and 5 or 6 birders came and went during this period without, I believe, seeing it. First observed because he was singing over my head in an area I thought I had seen him. It was a soft, sort of chuckling song that cycled 3 or 4 times over 30 seconds. Then he moved to the next tree and I observed him from less than 10 m, perhaps 6-7 m overhead. Large hummingbird with a very long, heavy bill. His back was to me and the white back/rump stripe showed well and is visible in the photos. Grayish perhaps green cap but tough to see at my angle, white supercilium dropping down neck once past eye, broad dark stripe through eye, then broad white malar stripe, then dark throat that is probably iridescent if I caught it in the right light. Observed around 45 seconds then lost him when he alit to harass a young Costa's Hummingbird.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D7000

ISO

100

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/640 sec

Dimensions

1704 pixels x 1170 pixels

Original file size

1.12 MB