ML310890661

Age and sex

Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1

Media notes

Digibinned

Observation details

This species was a surprise, though before finding them we commented that the habitat looked good. Both were flushed up from thick wiregrass/Andropogon in pine savanna. One perched in an oak tree, where we had great views of it, while the other was much more furtive, not flushing until we were almost stepping on it. Both birds eventually gave us good looks. Both were pretty similar: smallish, large-headed light tan sparrows with large pink bills, flat crowns, and greenish cast to the face; short tails that looked somewhat pointed in flight; light tan across the chest with very fine black streaks, otherwise plain below; the backs were scalloped; the wing coverts were chestnut-y, but otherwise the wings were not especially remarkable (eg no wingbars); the face pattern was somewhat complex, with a tan malar bordered above and below with very fine black edges, fine black edging to the auriculars (so that a black line connected around the auriculars), almost but not quite meeting a thin black line extending back from the eye.

Technical information

Model

iPhone SE (1st generation)

Lens

iPhone SE (1st generation) back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

ISO

25

Focal length

4.2 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/2.2

Shutter speed

1/356 sec

Dimensions

4032 pixels x 3024 pixels

Original file size

1.91 MB