Ash-throated Flycatcher - Andy Jones
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29927, Hardeeville US-SC 32.12661, -81.09239
Jasper, South Carolina, United States
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Map Coordinates: 32.126612, -81.092387
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Observation details

NO PUBLIC ACCESS, SORRY! This was on the Fife Plantation, which we were birding with owner permission as part of the Savannah River NWR Christmas Bird Count. Extended study of this western vagrant. It called several times, giving a sharp, simple “pip!” call. Very pale chest, paler than a Great Crested. Dark margins of the underside of the tail wrapped around the tip of the tail. Bill all black with no pale base, and thinner than a Great Crested. White margin on innermost tertial fairly narrow. Behaviorally, it was unlike Great Crested in that it perched consistently low to the ground and was in an open shrubby area along a dike. We watched it eat berries from Chinese tallow tree and regurgitate the seeds, and also several large insects (beetles or grasshoppers). Photos to come.

Technical information

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iPhone 13 Pro
Lens
iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5
ISO
50
Focal length
5.7 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/1.5
Shutter speed
1/1183 sec
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1489 pixels x 1117 pixels
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