ML398209321
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Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Continuing bird of uncertain parentage. Appears to be mostly Red-naped but with some red on chest, lack of obvious black “breast shield” under the red throat patch, and other characteristics that make it unlikely to be “pure” RN. Better photos today despite driving rain and very high ISO.1/4/24 changing to RNSS based on input from several sources including: I don't see anything on this bird that suggests it is a hybrid. Generally, I would advocate for erring on the side of caution but there is no reason to suspect this bird is a hybrid. As Steve Shunk commented, westside reports of RNSA all too often turn out to be hybrids, not because it is so difficult to eliminate that possibility, but because folks just don't know what to look for when trying to eliminate the possibility of a hybrid. In my experience, RNSA X RBSA hybrids always show some red on the sides of the head and that red is typically bleeding through the white striping on the face, which absolutely guarantees it is a hybrid. I see no red anywhere on the head of this bird other than where it should be on a 'pure' RNSA, thus I would be entirely comfortable calling it one. Dave Irons
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- ISO
- 16000
- Focal length
- 360 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 2589 pixels x 1727 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.36 MB