ML338831731

Age and sex

Adult Male - 1

Observation details

Continuing bird first found on 5/12. Got a hot tip that it was all over the coyote bush in between the parking lot and the first row of cypress trees. Fortunately, it took me only 10 minutes or so to locate the bird as it was first seen on the wires along the entrance road to the residence, and then in/around the coastal scrub near parking lot, in addition to the cypress trees. Fairly active/mobile, but somewhat skittish and difficult to photograph well. Dapper, deep blue adult male. "Angular" appearance with huge silvery conical bill, large head, dark lores, and rusty/cinnamon wing coverts. Prominent rusty wing-bars, super chunky bill and longer tail separate it from adult male INBU (which is really the only other possibility here). Long desired county bird!

Technical information

Model

ILCE-9

Lens

FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS

ISO

200

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

2117 pixels x 1411 pixels

Original file size

3.24 MB