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Stefan "Mozu" Gleissberg
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West State St. Park
Athens, Ohio, United States
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- Age
- Unknown
- Sex
- Unknown
- Behaviors
- Breeding
- Tags
- Multiple species;
Media notes
Observation details
4 individuals, 1 male and 3 females were foraging on the grassy borders of the new bike path spur along the new pond/wetland between the pedestrian bridge and Armitage Road. There was shallow water on the side opposite to the pond. The Rusty Blackbirds were loosely associated with several Red-winged Blackbirds and European Starlings, but flew off after about ten minutes by themselves, crossing over the Hocking River. One Rusty was briefly chased by a male Red-winged Blackbird. Smaller than male Common Grackle with shorter tail, slimmer beak, and apparent less glossy plumage. Slimmer shape than male Red-winged Blackbird which has shorter and more conical bill. Iris whitish-yellow in both sexes. Male bird all black with minor gloss, a hint of brown may remain on its crown but images are a bit blurry. The tree females are a warm darker brown, with distinctive buffy eyebrows contrasting with blackish area around eyes.
Technical Information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- ISO
- 250
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- Original file size
- 2,500KB
- Dimensions
- 2400 x 1600