ML612433072

Age and sex

Unknown age, Male - 1

Behaviors

Flying

Media notes

The bird was very active often only perching for a few seconds before flying to another location.

Observation details

Bird found 12-17-23 in late pm by Peter Scott on Vigo Cty CBC. At about 9 am Don Gorney spotted it flying in ( amazing spotting it in flight ! ) from the south and landing on a small island out in water. He showed it to me through his spotting scope. After a few minutes it flew to the mudflats at north end to feed where Peter Scott had found it the day before. This is a small bird about the size of an Indigo Bunting but with a blood red cap, lighter orange reddish throat and underparts, dark tail, and grayish upperparts. It had a darker grayish line through eye. There were light faint wingbars present. I photographed the bird first in presence of Don Gorney, then Marilyn Smith, and later Vern Wilkins. Vern Wilkins was still taking photos of it when I left. Almost the entire time it was heavy overcast, at one point the bird and I were caught in a snow-sleet downpour and only rarely did the sun poke through.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

RF600mm F4 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF2x

ISO

2500

Focal length

1200 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

1596 pixels x 1110 pixels

Original file size

1.01 MB