ML136573611
Contributor
Robert Hamilton Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
UC Los Angeles--William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Perched on branch.
Observation details
Observed and photographed for approximately one minute during initial observation, when bird flew up to perch about 12 feet up in a tree. Heard calling repeatedly, a high and slightly rising "sweet sweet sweet" -- fairly loud. Obtained video of the bird twitching on the branch, but only after it had stopped vocalizing. A few minutes later, saw and photographed the bird down along one of the walkways, gleaning berries from the low privet(?) hedges lining the walkway. The bird would fly up about 3-4 feet, hover briefly to nab a berry on the wing, then return to the curb of the walkway and quickly gobble it. The bluetail did this about six times when I was watching. It then disappeared into a hedge. See photos.
Technical information
- Model
- DMC-FZ2500
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 176 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/4.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 668 pixels x 776 pixels
- Original file size
- 555.7 KB