ML610336219

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Seen in wet meadow and brush area along Fitzpatrick Rd ~50 yds in from intersection with Salmon Creek Rd. Photos. Many Song and Fox Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, and towhees in same area. Description: Extensive rufous in wings, tail, and flanks. Olive-shaded face and eye-ring, low in contrast. White, unstreaked throat framed by narrow gray stripe and pale olive-y malar. Underparts faintly marked-- gray breast with faint, blurry brown streaks, no central spot; white belly; rufous flanks with no streaks. Bill proportionately longer and thicker than Lincoln's Sparrow. Bill yellowish (or pinkish in some light) at base and especially in lower mandible. Pink legs. Vocalizations included hard chip notes, higher in pitch and less "chimpy" than nearby Song Sparrows. Vocalizations also included buzzy "zit" notes on one pitch. The bird responded vigorously to pishing and to my amateurish attempts to imitate a Northern Pygmy-owl call. Song sparrow eliminated by absence of breast spot and heavy streaking on underparts, and by voice. Lincoln's Sparrow eliminated by absence of well-defined, fine streaks on breast, throat, and flanks, by extensive rufous in wings, tail, and flanks, by relatively low-contrast face pattern including malar region, by larger bill size and paler color, and by voice.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R7

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

ISO

3200

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/11.0

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

3488 pixels x 2325 pixels

Original file size

1.53 MB