ML267623641
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- Age
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- Sex
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Observation details
Lanky, longish tailed and more round headed Empid body plan suggestive of Gray/Dusky. Never dropped tail as in GRFL. Body plumage worn, flight feathers fresh. Head gray, rounded profile in most views, near circular white eyering contrasting with gray face and lacking teardrop to rear; eyering incomplete in 10-12 o’clock position; lores heavily worn but hint of pale remains; bill horn colored above, yellowish orange below w/ only the merest darkening at extreme tip; tiny hook to upper mandible; length medium, not as long as I expect for GRFL; bill shape not obviously straight sided as I expect for GRFL. Primary extension approaches medium, not dramatically short as I expect in GRFL. Tail long, pale white outer webs on outer rectrices. Back and rump olive, contrasts w/ med dark gray head. Wing coverts near black to brown-olive depending on lighting; strong contrast w/ white wing bars, the white tips of the covert feathers slightly tinged w/ buff in some light angles. Throat grayish white - paler than face; underparts heavily worn to uneven patches of lighter and darker olive-gray but reveal hint of vested look. Hint of pale yellow along midline and belly in some photos. Foraged from weed stalks and euc saplings, usually at hts of 1-6 ft, occasionally flying to ground. During 20+ minutes of near continuous observation at distances of 15 - 40 feet, it never slowly dipped its tail downward, follwed by an strong upward movement. The only tail movements were up directed, and were not accompanied by wing flicks movements. In one instance when perched side by side w/PSFL, it’s colors appeared much cleaner gray by comparison. Silent. Combination of body molt status, overall color, bill shape, length, depth and coloring, primary extension, tail length, and lack of downward tail drop all suggest DUSKY Fly. 10/10/2020 changed ID from GRFL/DUFL to DUFL.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 2093 pixels x 3000 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.21 MB