ML43408651

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

I was on the walkway that takes you from the headquarters to the Refuge Office. I saw it at 11:15am. Walking towards the Refuge Office it was on the right side. It was in the trees just before you get to the Refuge Office. When I first saw it the bird appeared to be cleaning itself and it was behind some branches. When I put the binoculars on it I saw the very dark blue. I tried to get a photo but the branches were in the way. I put the binoculars back on it to get a better look and it flew to another branch. There I got a good look at it but only for about 2 seconds. I tried to get the camera on it but it went down. It was dark blue. Appeared very dark around the eye. I saw an indigo bunting that had some blue in it and the blue bunting had a much darker blue. I was no more than 20 feet away. I would say the Blue Bunting was just slightly bigger than the Indigo Bunting I saw. Unfortunately this was the only photo I got. He was cleaning himself when I took the photo and I believe that is a part of the wing that is showing above the branch. I stuck around for another 2 hours to try to get a better photo but obviously that didn't happen.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

200

Focal length

89.5 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

1440 pixels x 951 pixels

Original file size

1011.16 KB