ML367384511

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Near SW corner of Troutman Lake along shoreline. Flushed from small patch of grass while on my ATV. Immediately recognized it as a Locustella warbler by the overal brownish color, long bill, and long, broad rounded tail with clearly graduated tail feathers. Slightly rusty tone to brownish rump. Quite yellowish below with indistinct, blurry, olive streaks to sides of breast. Not sharply streaked like many others in this genus. Dirty yellow-olive flanks. Short, uniformly brownish wings. Mantle brownish and indistinctly streaked with yellow, not nearly as heavily streaks as Pallas’s for example. Flat crown and long, bill. Bill fleshy-orange, especially the mandible. Bright yellow throat. Yellowish eyebrow offset by olive-brown eyeliner. Great photos. Not acting like a Locustella; sitting in the open for minutes at a time after being flushed from the grasses. Must’ve just come in off the ocean on light west winds. Photos

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

1000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

1692 pixels x 2105 pixels

Original file size

844.88 KB