ML496028771

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

We observed in the scope, bins and positively ID'd with pics one yellow headed parrot with full yellow head that covers his face, crown, neck and nape and a light translucent colored bill. It was getting quite dark and I had to have the iso up to 12000 to get any sort of pic thus very pixilated with shadows. This bird looks different in pics head on than from the side. All three of us got good looks at this bird for a sustained period until it got too dark to see it at all. From the scope and the bins this bird did not appear to have any other colors on his face or head than yellow. I only kept 4 pics 3 from the side and one face on. The rest were worse than these. This parrot was sitting in the tall branches above foliage near the intersection of west 6th street and Shelton St. This is the same area it was photographed by Tom Fangrow back on Oct 6. There was also another parrot accompanying this yellow headed parrot that had yellow just on the face and crown. Parrots began arriving at 1800 and the yellow headed arrived at 1815. Many parrots flew over the garage as the daylight waned but the vast majority seemed to be flying further to the east behind the tall buildings and then circled around and landed in masse in the eucs along flower street east side of the jail. Heads up for all the construction in the area- beyond the civic center- somewhat chaotic path of unpaved streets and street closures. There were no parrots in Angel Park when we checked upon our departure. Really dark for any quality pics and too far away for flash just good enough for ID- high ISO not great quality. These could be more heavily cropped but the high ISO makes them very grainy when blown up

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

ISO

12800

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/320 sec

Dimensions

1213 pixels x 1570 pixels

Original file size

886.69 KB