ML355720521

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Saw several in a small group together. Each had a striking yellow belly. Used Merlin Sound and Photo ID to positive ID them as the Couch’s. They based themselves in a patch of low mesquite and covered an area of about 3 acres, but they would come back to the same base area. While together, they would mostly group in pairs or 3. It appeared there were some adults amongst several juvenile. Mostly, the juveniles would perch together close to a nearby adult. Occasionally, a juvenile would perch close to an adult. The adults had a brilliant yellow breast/belly and yellow under the wing, olive on their back and a rusty patch on the top of their head (noticed on 2 of the 3 pictures I uploaded). Their call that I was able to record with Sound ID should be included on this checklist too. I double checked the audio on sample recordings on iBird and Merlin, and both match distinctly to the “breeear” call

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 90D

Lens

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022

ISO

4000

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

839 pixels x 839 pixels

Original file size

255.56 KB