ML380981521

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Jason Gregg glimpsed this bird on Oct 17th at Garbage Gulch, but was only able to identify it as a wagtail. He flushed it from the gulch and it flew towards Shubrick, where we could not relocate it. The next day, Oct 18th, Alex Soldo spotted it at Garbage Gulch and got good photos. But before she could get other people on it, the bird had disappeared. We searched for about an hour, but could not relocate it. An hour later, I went to Garbage Gulch to look for the bird and heard the bird's distinctive "dzi-zik" call. I looked up and saw it undulating in flight and land on the roof of the water cistern. The bird then ran all over the roof catching insects, likely corm flies. I was about 30 meters away, but got decent photos that could identify it to subspecies. Alex and Stella at the lighthouse were able to see it with a spotting scope, but Jason and Lexi arrived at my location too late as the bird had already flown off to Shubrick. About 2 hours later, Jason and Lexi relocated the bird in Garbage Gulch and got a good look before it flew off again towards Shubrick. We did not see the bird for the rest of the day.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF300mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

ISO

100

Focal length

420 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1209 pixels x 617 pixels

Original file size

152.57 KB