ML481986821

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

While trying to refind the Stonechat after it disappeared I walked back to the south near where it was first found and discovered this flycatcher about 1/4 of the way up the mountain, which required a scope. At first glance it was wood-pewee-like; medium-sized flycatcher with long wings, ashy gray above, with two clear wingbars. Further more it was making long flights out to catch insects and returning to roughly the same area from whence it came. When I saw it perched from the front I could tell it was quite pale below, with a distinctive grayish streaks across the breast that extended down the sides, and its mantle had pale brownish streaks that contrasted with the slightly ashier-gray upperparts. It did not appear vested like a wood-pewee, and the streaks were sharper and paler than pictures of Dark-streaked Flycatchers I’ve seen. I could see it had an eye ring that was particularly pronounced at the rear and that its tertials were sharply edges in white. At this point I was pretty sure the bird was a Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Eventually Rodney arrived and walked up the slope to get better photos to confirm suspicions. His photos confirm that the bird did not have the bright white half collar of Dark-streaked Flycatcher, instead it showed a pale lower border to the face that was indistinctly dotted in white. The eyering was bold and white with pale lores. My digi-scoped photos are attached. According to Paul Lehman’s Gambell book this is a first record for Gambell and St Lawrence Island as a whole!!

Technical information

Model

iPhone X

Lens

iPhone X back dual camera 4mm f/1.8

ISO

20

Focal length

4 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.8

Shutter speed

1/167 sec

Dimensions

660 pixels x 495 pixels

Original file size

129.4 KB