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***Uncommon but expected in coastal scrubby habitat in late fall/early winter, though very exciting to have after yesterday’s bird at Maltby! Fourth record for Fort Hale, all of which are from Nov (including one found on Nov 11, 2018!). Following my long morning flight vigil, I began walking around the N tidal ditch, and upon pishing, I started hearing a familiar chip. I didn’t know the OCWA chip too well before yesterday, but having heard the Maltby bird call for 20 minutes, I liked my odds for this being my second in 24hrs! Views soon confirmed my hunch: pumage wise, this was a typical OCWA (as compared to yesterday’s unusually bright bird), with more diffuse yellow-green and a grayer head. Eye arcs weren’t particularly defined either. But boy was this a flighty bird! It rarely remained in the same bush for more than 20 seconds, and when it did manage to stay relatively still, it was always well hidden. I got it to perch out in the open twice for about 5 seconds, but after five or so minutes of chasing it around, it flew across the tidal ditch. Left it to its own devices, but clearly it stuck around as Paul Smith reported it later.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 360
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 5145 pixels x 3374 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.65 MB