ML284124761
Contributor
José Carlos Motta-Junior Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Estação Ecológica de Itirapina
Brotas, São Paulo, Brazil
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Nest
Observation details
A couple with 2 nestlings less than 4 days old. The image shows one of the parents feeding on one of the nestlings with a ripe (yes it is bright green) fruit of Miconia albicans (Melastomataceae). Habitat: grassland savanna (campo cerrado). The Elaenia couple sung in duet the typical E. flavogaster song, hence no doubt about the identification. Nikon D850 + Nikkor 800mm f/5.6 ai-s EDIF + tripod, ISO 3200, f/11 at 1/1000s; 22% cropped( 9.9/45MP). I would say this lichen-covered nest is almost perfectly camouflaged with the lichen-covered twig. Soon after sunrise in a cloudy morning.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D850
- ISO
- 3200
- Focal length
- 800 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1866 pixels x 1400 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.17 MB