ML21799541
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
The WINTER WREN is a first county record found by Tony Kurz, Giacomo Catalina and Casey Ryan on 8 Dec 2015. Today at 0645 Maggie Smith and I heard the distinct double noted call of the Winter Wren which was hard, high and sharp, somewhat like a Song Sparrow and unlike the the call of a Pacific Wren which more resembles a Wilson's Warbler. It was recorded, seen and/or photographed by 9 birders in the next 30 minutes. The bird itself was small and sturdy with a cocked up tail and a small pointed bill; it was overall brown with barring on the flanks and with a lighter breast and distinct supercilium. The bird stayed in the grasses and a on a few ground level rocks. We never saw it fly more than a foot. We eliminated Pacific Wren by the difference in the call.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D600
- Lens
- 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
- ISO
- 3200
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/80 sec
- Dimensions
- 3869 pixels x 2585 pixels
- Original file size
- 5.26 MB