ML525040271

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Multiple observations. Longest was near the intersection of Robin Road and Riverside Road. After pishing for a couple minutes, and after attracting a mixed-species flocks of BCCH, WBNU, and RBNU, I heard and then saw a tufted titmouse. I had already been recording, so I got its vocalizations as soon as it started. The tItmouse didn't come in as close out of the naked deciduous canopy as the other birds, but I got fine looks along with the recordings: small, gray bird (roughly chickadee size), crested head, with conspicuous black eye on gray face with dark bill. Eventually all (or most) of the birds began drifting east, including the titmouse. It was still calling a bit until it dropped into a small isolated cluster of oak leaves, at which point it went silent. The other birds continued calling for several minutes, and then eventually continued to the east. The titmouse did not. After about 5 minutes of continuous observation, during which the titmouse maintained its silence, I decided to make a run for my scope (~100 m away), fully anticipating that the titmouse would be gone a couple minutes later when I returned, but it wasn't. Instead it was still tucked in and under the cluster of oak leaves, seemingly taking shelter from the rain (?). I was able to get photos of it from two different perspectives. After I'd been watching and photographing it in the cluster for at least 20 minutes, I departed.

Technical information

Model

Pixel 6

Lens

Pixel 6 back camera 6.81mm f/1.85

ISO

277

Focal length

6.8 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.9

Shutter speed

5919/1000000 sec

Dimensions

3072 pixels x 4080 pixels

Original file size

3.18 MB