ML572886991
Contributor
Jamie Spence Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Shawano Nawash, Wabiśkigoo KitjiGaming, Anishinaabe A’ki • “The Tip” at Point Pelee National Park, Leamington CA-ON (41.9100,-82.5092)
Essex, Ontario, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying; Molting
Media notes
Blue Grosbeak in active flight. Note black splotches on undertail.
Observation details
Male, 1st plumage cycle –> first prealternate molt. Bird in active flight free-flying off the tip at Point Pelee flying out over ‘Lake Erie’. Active migration. Morning flight. Visible migration. Identified by flight style and morphology as well as cinnamon brown wingbars. Sex and age determined by the following: Overall brown colouration darkest on fore of head; Visible black surrounding base of bill; Dark/black splotches on undertail, and; Incoming blue colouration on rump and uppertail. Photos. Dozens of observers present.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D810
- ISO
- 1800
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 534 pixels x 356 pixels
- Original file size
- 27.55 KB