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- Age
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- Sex
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Observation details
I eventually re-found this bird first seen yesterday. My opinion is now that it is the same bird originally found by Michael Woodruff in late October, with the molt a bit farther along. It was traveling with a Red-breasted Sapsucker near the water park, before flying off toward the main lake. As seen yesterday, the crown is extensively mottled with red, as is the throat. "Spangling" on the back is yellowish. Much grayish brown on breast and head indicates an immature bird. Again, I was unable to get a clear view of the throat. This time I was able to see that there is no red in the nape. Being a male, I would expect a little red there if it were a hybrid with RNSA, given that there is so much red in the crown and throat, which barely shows up in the one photo I obtained. I lightened up the exposure on the second version of the photo to try to allow the red to show. The darker version is the same photo has just a touch of exposure lightening, and shows that approximate shade of grayish brown as it appeared in the field.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 2139 pixels x 1532 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.39 MB