ML244372341

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

This wonderful bird was spotted just south of the Gun Club and west of the Sport Dog Training sign on the west side of Jordan Road. It was intent on "flycatching" although my video shows it may have caught some kind of beetle that Dave Leatherman could help us identify. The gorgeous long black and white tail and the bright pink underwing area when it flew brought back memories of these birds sitting on the barbed wire fences when I was growing up on our dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle. Mary Cay and I felt like we had won the lottery today with the Dickcissels and this lovey Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! I had forgotten that you have to be in a test program to be able to upload a video to an entry so I went frame by frame to find a good shot of the beetle this Scissor-tail was eating. I counted a least 8 great tosses and catches of the beetle before it was swallowed.

Technical information

Model

DC-FZ80

ISO

80

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.9

Shutter speed

1/640 sec

Dimensions

3994 pixels x 3114 pixels

Original file size

2.33 MB