ML611364712
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Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Notes added Nov. 20, 2023. Upon review of this bird, which I (Nathan) recalled as being peculiar at the time, have found it to be more consistent with Western Flycatcher than with Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. I neglected to pursue it upon discovery as I was simply busy and filed the images away. Coming back to it over a year later, there were details that bugged me about Yellow-bellied but fit in line with Western. No vocalizations heard. Features noted below: - Eyering: There is a substantial eyering most prominent at the rear and upper-rear corner, thinning out along the top of the eye. - Overall coloration of the bird, showing brownish-green crown and olive upperparts. - Somewhat contrasty throat, being paler than malar (not out of range for YBFL). - Low contrast wing: Pale wingbars with fairly brown coverts and flight feathers (not as dark and contrasty like on a YBFL). - Thin secondary panel between greater coverts and pale edges of secondaries. - Shortest tertial pale edge bleeds into a low contrast interior. - Single large spacing on the primaries as opposed to two, somehwat large spacings on a YBFL. - Fairly distinct crest on the head. The overall feel of this bird does not scream YBFL to me. Something was off when I observed it and it still feels off today. I presented this bird to Advanced Bird ID on facebook and the general consensus fell on Western Flycatcher, including comments by David Sibley. This would constitute a first Maine state record.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 320
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 55921/44736801 sec
- Dimensions
- 2122 pixels x 1415 pixels
- Original file size
- 727.05 KB