ML20879211
Contributor
shelley penner Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Port Alberni--Somass Estuary & sewage lagoons
Alberni-Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Multiple species
Media notes
You can see how tiny the American Tree Sparrow is compared to the Gold Crowned Sparrow. They seem pretty chummy.
Observation details
On a previous outing, a week or more earlier, I had noticed this bird hanging out with the Gold Crowned Sparrows, but the light was poor and I thought it was a White Crowned. It landed nearby and watched us as if curious, and I thought perhaps it was a juvenile, especially when a Gold Crowned landed beside it, seeming protective. On this more recent outing, the light situation was better so I got some good shots and realized the smaller sparrow was something I had not seen before. It was again hanging out with the Gold Crowned Sparrows, and seemed very friendly with them as they picked through the gravel on the road.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 250
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 720 pixels x 532 pixels
- Original file size
- 102.02 KB