ML38868041

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

***Extremely rare in the Basin. My second here and my first visual. I first spotted it as I was walking along in the inner part of the Wilson Trail just before the footbridge and I saw it moving low in a bush right along the trail. I expected it to be a yellowthroat, but as soon as I got a look at the face it was obviously a Kentucky. I got a couple quick pictures, then it flew to a rose tangle where it foraged for a minute. I texted and emailed to get the word out, at which point I lost the bird. Brad Walker refound it soon after, when it flew across the creek and gave a few chip notes and a short song! After that it became harder to find any many people had no luck, but it continued to move around in the area across from the bridge, and chipped and sang at least once more.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D

ISO

400

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

4014 pixels x 2610 pixels

Original file size

2.03 MB