Western Yellow Wagtail (thunbergi) - Jonas Till Jäschke
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Jonas Till Jäschke Media from this contributor

Date

Location

Brokhuchtingen
Bremen (Freie Hansestadt), Bremen, Germany
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Map
Map Coordinates: 53.0738724, 8.7142547
Age
Not specified
Sex
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Observation details

A great surprise while scanning the flock of white wagtails was a mid-winter Yellow wagtail, first seen by C. Sejas. M. f. flava could be excluded by plumage: dark head, slim supercilium, white throat. Dark band on breast. News about the bird were spread, since the totally out of-place occurrence and plumage this bird hold many hopes for Germany's first Eastern Yellow Wagtail, M. tschutschensis. Recorders were placed in the area for several days, the analysis of its calls resulted in an abnormal coloured M. flava thunbergi. As far as I am aware the first winter-record of this ssp. for Germany. It was present 07.01-26.01.2022. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESRbVzF6XI&feature=youtu.be Some Images of the bird: https://www.ornitho.de/index.php?m_id=54&mid=789062 Call: https://www.ornitho.de/index.php?m_id=54&mid=791690

Technical information

Model
ILCE-7RM3
Lens
Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
ISO
3200
Focal length
600 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
603 pixels x 402 pixels
Original file size
379.93 KB