ML37292141

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

Tawny Pipit

Observation details

According to the person who identified this. Komal Agrawal: This is a very interesting bird. Structure wise, it is a Tawny. A very elongated bird with long tail, rather long looking legs. The stance is very horizontal despite the bird looking up (in the main image). Plumage wise it looked a bit odd initially, but it is fine for a Tawny -- had to read up a little on that. The bird is slightly worn, a spring moult to be specific looking at the greater coverts. It is fine for a Tawny adult spring bird to show dark streaks on mantle which are more distinct than average - hence the 'moutled' back look? Given the moult, its okay for the eye strip to not look as dark as it should. Couple that with rufous cheeks, lightly streaked breast, moustachial stripes; rufous flanks contrasting with at aleast slightly paler belly - would have been much paler in case of paddyfield. Looks fine for Tawny according to me.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 70D

Lens

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

ISO

100

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

1703 pixels x 1135 pixels

Original file size

639.38 KB