ML379287101 OBI 119035
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- Sex
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Media notes
Non-breeding. Remarks: Field Notes: A bird slightly smaller than a Common Babbler in size landed in a grass patch with tail fanned out. We could immediately confirm it to be a Bristled Grassbird. After few minutes of foraging, the bird flew and landed on a high thorny bush & gave amazing views. Stout bill, darker ear-covert [?Ed.], slightly streaked upper breast forming a gorget, rufous cast on upper-parts, long tail with paler tip, striated/streaked back, and a characteristic flight with slightly cocked up & fully fanned out tail. A second bird was also sighted a few metres away. Both birds were feeding within a 10 metre radius from where we stood and didn't venture beyond that. Once the bird lands into the grass, it slowly pushes its way in and disappears. All we could see was some grass movement for the next few minutes. The bird would appear again in the same spot from where it went in and stay put for a few seconds and repeat its forage. Bristles were not prominent in the field, but were observed in the photographs taken (at least 5 bristles I could count on both birds). One of the birds was observed picking up a Black Ant and consuming it within seconds. We were also fortunate to hear one of the birds calling. It was a monosyllabic "pheuw" repeated a few times with 3-4 seconds gap. Right after the first bird started calling from atop a bush, the second one flew from the grass and perched atop another thorn bush a few metres away from first one. - GK. Date added to OBI: April 29, 2016.
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Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D60
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 609 pixels x 600 pixels
- Original file size
- 99.44 KB