ML58891541

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

This bird gave a call note a couple of times that turned my head and had me thinking "Bicknell's", a queer "peezeeert". Behaviorally it was odd in how it stood its ground in the road and not flushing to the woods immediately as I stood and photographed the bird. It was feeding and picking on the road, in the open. I stumbled when I moved beyond a closed gate and that flushed the bird to the forest edge side. It didn't go far in, only into darkness of the understory, but still kept pretty calm. The bird came off delicate and slender in overall structure, not stocky or solid. I went and read all that Sibley says about the bird. It's a wonderful write up and hits all the features of this bird that my GISS shouted "different" to my brain. If I saw this bird in poor light, I'd have probably thought it was a late Hermit Thrush. After having seen Gray-cheeked Thrushes in Florida a week earlier than this sighting, I still had a mind impression on those birds that I photographed and heard calling, which again, lead me to see this Bevan bird as "different". But the "queer" call that this bird gave was/is my defining thought to calling it a Bicknell's. Iv'e previously recorded Bicknell's along the Caps Ridge Trail on Mount Jefferson in New Hampshire a few years ago. After viewing and hearing this bird, I went back to watch and listen to my video and the call I heard there was the call I heard from this bird. I also went out to the Xeno-Canto site and there's a file recorded at Saddleback Mountain in ME that is excellent and again, I feel matches this bird in Bevan.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D

ISO

320

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.0

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

1852 pixels x 1385 pixels

Original file size

1.28 MB