ML386148381

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

**rare vagrant to East coast in fall. Hanging out around the chapel and the sloping thicket off the backside of the cemetery. Taj and I had been spending the last two days wandering the Biddeford Pool neighborhood on foot, and we decided to stroll down the lane through the golf course to the cemetery, looking for open country birds. Upon arrival to the chapel area, we quickly spotted a suspicious flycatching bird out of the pine behind the cemetery. Upon getting it in binocs, clear Myiarchus field marks stood out, and after getting closer views in the thicket edge, we could confirm Ash-throated: clear Myiarchus, pale yellow belly, pale white-gray throat, clear rufous paneling in wings with whitish wing bars, and extensive rufous in tail centers. During our 15 minutes of observation, we heard the bird give "pit pit" calls, and flycatch several times. It also got bombed by a Cooper's Hawk, scattering it and two doves momentarily. After sending an alert out to some nearby contacts, many people observed the bird in the same location throughout the day. The weather was spectacular all weekend, with lows in the upper 20s, warming to 50's, sunny and no real wind.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 90D

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/8.0

Shutter speed

1/3200 sec

Dimensions

3073 pixels x 2195 pixels

Original file size

1.69 MB