Contributor
John C. Mittermeier Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Carretera Loxicha-Manzanal, San Mateo Río Hondo MX-OAX 16.12961, -96.49947
Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Single bird flying over the road. It immediately stood out as an unusual-looking Sharp-shinned Hawk compared to what I am used to in North America. I can't find much information on "Madrean" Sharp-shinned Hawk online but the combination of the very pale underparts, whitish throat and cheeks and contrasting blackish cap all seem to fit this subspecies and match the bird in this eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S22711027. See attached photos.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/5000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2237 pixels x 1490 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.43 MB