ML141872901

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Odd place to encounter a presumably wintering Nashville Warbler, but had one pop up onto a fence along the edge of parking lot, where there was a weedy, fenced-in storage yard. This was at the following coordinates: 33.7659, -118.2486. (A more detailed description of the setting is provided under comment section for the last photo, below). The bird was foraging in just fairly low weeds (e.g., cheese weed) growing along the edges of the fence. But no trees except for a couple palm trees and small carrotwood trees along Peninsula Road, about 150' away. First noticed it when it popped up out of the patch of Cheeseweed. Although it eventually dropped back down into weeds along bank of Holiday Harbor, it later popped up again. Loosely associating with some scattered White-crowned Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers. The bird allowed for some pics and a chance to study the bird whenever it popped up. Unusually drab individual (presumably a first-year female NAWA). Very restricted yellow on underparts--just what seemed like a relatively light yellow wash across the mid-to-upper breast. Otherwise the bird showed a white throat, and a broad whitish area that included the lower breast, belly, flanks, and vent area, with a relatively light yellowish wash across the undertail coverts. The head was definitely gray, with a distinct, complete, white eyeing. The back appeared mostly just gray with no olive or greenish tones except for where there was some limited olive-greenish in the anterior scapular region, and on the tertials and greater wing coverts. Some of the pics showed yellowish-green edgings on the remiges. The rump and uppertail coverts were a distinct yellow-olive, which stood out quite noticeably against the mostly gray back.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

80

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

2919 pixels x 1917 pixels

Original file size

379.34 KB