ML461392931

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing. Many photos. Small Myiarchus with worn plumage and broken upper mandible. Bright orange mouth lining seen several times as it ate cicadas. Showed up at 6:35am in a mesquite on the east side of the wash, east of the tree with the hole that previous observers had reported. After about 5 minutes it moved into the tree with the hole for a few seconds (but did not approach the hole), flew near the ground, and spent some time catching and eating two cicadas from knee-high perches near the ground. (After it caught each cicada, it tossed the cicada into the air and caught it several times, presumably to get a better grip or better orientation.) It then flew up to the tree just south of the one with the hole, and moved between several perches in that tree for the next 30 minutes, mostly sitting still and preening, very inconspicuous. Around 710am it made some brief visits to some higher perches, all on the east bank of the wash, and then at 715am it flew south and we didn't relocate it again. Hoping to get an audio recording of the call, but it was silent for the entire 40 minutes.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III

ISO

125

Focal length

700 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

2974 pixels x 1673 pixels

Original file size

1.51 MB