ML38069341

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Small passerine (5-6 inches - about sparrow size) with a heavy, conical bill. Bill was definitely very similar to other buntings I've seen (Snow Bunting). Olive drab nape and mantle/back, gray folded wings with two mostly white wing bars; The top mostly white wing bar rather small, but noticeable. The bottom mostly white wing bar very distinct. Can't say that I saw any blue in the views I saw in any light, but the olive drab I saw could easily tend towards blue as the bird matures in my opinion. 10/18/2013 Edit: In reviewing my pictures, there is very definitely blue to be found on this bird. Predominately on the tail and the upper primaries. Creamy white underparts and breast. Bit of a buff/rusty/"orangish" upper breast bleeding into the creamy white breast. Faint broken eye ring. Legs were dark, almost black. Seemed to really like hanging out on the wetland grass, eating seeds from wetland grass seed pods, flitting up to the tree branches to take a "breather", and then going at the seeds again on the wetland grass.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D7100

Lens

80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6

ISO

500

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/200 sec

Dimensions

1920 pixels x 1283 pixels

Original file size

1018.01 KB