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Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
State bird. I observed one adult bird, probably female, perched on the fence line along the eastbound lanes of I-680 at approximately 41.3465148, -95.9492522. I initially thought it was a Western Kingbird until I viewed it from the side and saw its long tail. The tail was about twice the size of a Western Kingbird's tail, and its black and white pattern was seen. We turned around and I was able to get 2 poor photographs of it, from the westbound lanes. They show a flycatcher with a long tail with black and white pattern slightly visible, white-grayish back and head, and black wings. When we got back to the spot, now going east, the bird had flown. I have also seen this species several times in Nebraska, and I also have photographs from NE showing the same features as this bird.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 885 pixels x 590 pixels
- Original file size
- 90.73 KB