ML610739964

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

Blackburnian Warbler at Preisker Park, Santa Maria, CA

Observation details

While looking at Yellow-rumped Warblers in a holly oak on the north side of the park I identified a Blackburnian Warbler by its yellowish throat with a centralized brighter orange-yellow color in the middle of the throat and upper breast. It showed a broad buffy supercilium and had a blackish face mask that wrapped to a point behind the ear coverts, and a pale median crown stripe was visible. The bird showed thin blackish upper breast streaks around the neck that turned smudgy and mostly confined to the sides. The underparts were mostly white with a slight yellowish wash to the flanks. The bird was difficult to see from above but eventually showed two pale whitish braces on the grayish mantle. Two prominent white wing bars. The bill was bicolored with about 1/3 of the tip dusky or dark. The bird called once and gave thin chip notes. Not as sharp as Townsend's warbler. Photographed in two separate oak trees.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

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

ISO

500

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

3000 pixels x 2000 pixels

Original file size

2.66 MB