ML214316941

Age and sex

Adult Male - 1

Observation details

Found by Marie Jordan, Joanne Stevens, and crew this morning, we had excellent views late in the day. First spotted perched high in a sunlit portion of bare maple tree, the bright lemon yellow underparts shone. I could see some red around the front of the face and throat. The wings and tail appeared jet black, and when it sat facing away, the black saddle across the back was sharply delineated by the bright yellow rump and head. I could see a broad, chevron-shaped upper wing bar that was yellow and a lower wing bar that was dull yellow/white. The tips of the inner secondaries were pale (white or whitish yellow-tipped). The bill was pale yellowish brown (upon review of photos, the bill is slightly orangish-yellow with a dusky culmen). The eyes were dark. (Legs not noted in the field were dark, slaty gray.) This bird was traveling with a flock of robins and starlings that were attacking crab apples in the parking area for Cousens School Apartments on Day Street (near Hill St.). We saw the tanager eating fruit, peeling the skins with its bill as it manipulated the drupe in its beak. The bird called, giving a soft, rolling prrrit (recorded). Eventually the bird flew off to the SE toward Brown Street.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM

ISO

500

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/2.8

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

2400 pixels x 1600 pixels

Original file size

2.03 MB