ML494066461

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

In the cottonwoods and mulefat across from the farm. Quick views. Made a few soft tsip calls. Strong eyeline, yellow face and upper breast, pale gray underparts with just a hint of yellow wash in the flanks, short tailed, no obvious wing bars Has a larger flaring supercillium than normal (made me think of old-world warblers). Bill seems too slight for a vireo. [The above was my initial observation notes, when I thought it was a weird Tennessee Warbler. I did look at some old world warblers when I got home but only species that had occurred in CA previously - Arctic, Dusky, etc. I didn't scroll far enough in eBird. I've attached 2 more photos of the bird, 4 total. The bird was in a pepper tree and some small cottonwoods across from the organic farm in Willow Springs Park, Long Beach, CA. I saw it at approximately 10:30am, initially high in a pepper, then lower in a clump of cottonwood. The bird flew back across the dirt road into the row of mule fat uphill from the farm, that's where I lost it. I initially detected it by hearing a call, not YRWA or OCWA, a soft tsip to my ear. I'm not sure if this bird was making the call or not, there were other birds nearby. The bird did not go to the ground while I had it in view and was at about eye height when I had my best looks at it in the cottonwood. It was fairly active. My recollection of it in flight was that it was fast and direct, no undulations. Willow Springs Park is a habitat restoration site. Please stay on the trail and do not trample the hard work of the people who manage the revegetation of the park. Parking is limited, carpooling is advised.]

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

800

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1395 pixels x 931 pixels

Original file size

1005.42 KB