ML336808421

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

No playback needed to find these birds. I didn't even known where they had previously been reported when I simply stumbled into the male singing and then discovered a pair in close proximity to one another. As I remained in the area for a little while, I regularly heard the male singing again (bouts of repeated songs before a few minute's break). Audio recorded (song) and photographed the pair at the nest (within the large powerline cut at the far SE corner). The male seemed to be doing most of the building while I watched (~10:30 a.m.), even singing from the nest (on multiple occasions) after it had made a deposition. Only one point did I confirm the female at the nest, who flew into the nest tree while the male was still tending to the nest. The nest is situated low in a small, isolated hackberry sapling underneath the third powerline (as you head south from the wastewater lagoons along the dirt road). For the birds' sake, I'll refrain from leaving precise coordinates here. Given the general rarity of this species throughout the state, I imagine there aren't too many documented nests/breeding attempts for Tennessee.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

1000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

3685 pixels x 2296 pixels

Original file size

4.27 MB