ML608611843

Age and sex

Adult Male - 1

Observation details

Common at and beyond (W of) La Piedra (west lagoon arm), none before that (?); much song; two carrying food; close to lagoon, often on ground, around Salicornia and scattered mangroves; in pairs; many recorded; at edge of natural bay in natural vegetation, but also many using edges of a canal outside main shrimp farm pond area. through shrimp ponds and then to the beach, where several small restaurants advertise seafood. In patches of Salicornia near the first restaurant at La Piedra, one bird called and caught a small butterfly, apparently carrying it to feed young in a nest nearby. The male came in and started singing, approaching us closely, at one point even singing from the top of the open driver's door! We taped and photographed this male and then continued along the road, finding and taping several others.

Technical information

Model

DSC-HX300

Lens

2254417/524283-215mm f/2.8-6.3

ISO

640

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

5184 pixels x 3888 pixels

Original file size

11.18 MB