ML612858892
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Photo post-processed to balance color
Observation details
Two tanagers together, one of which was observed in detail by myself and photo-documented. Wings darker than body, with two distinct, whitish wingbars. Body did NOT exhibit orange hue as in Summer Tanager. Heavy typical tanager bill, with orange/flesh-colored hue consistent with Western Tanager. Could not observe back to verify contrast with nape typical of Western Tanager, nor could I see head in profile to compare to peaked crown as in Summer Tanager. However, sufficient details and photo-documentation to determine this was Western Tanager. Second observer (John Cimbaro), confident that both birds featured flesh-colored bills. Photos attached of the one bird observed in detail. Last 3 photos have been post-processed to balance color to adjust for backlit conditions (originals also attached). The tanagers were found in a thin stand of trees just inside the boundary fence on the east side of the park, south of the sand volleyball court but north of the park's south-most parking area. Last seen flying east towards Hillcrest Memorial cemetery.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX530 HS
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.19 MB