ML613425572

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Still present. Finally seen after an hour and a half of searching, at the corner of the backyard of the naturalist's cabin where the wooden compost bins are found. The bird made two appearances between 10:15 and 10:30, perching on the railing of the compost bins, on the cross-beams of the adjacent fencing (from which it made one trip to the ground), in the thicket on the other side of the bins, and visiting the upper reaches of the tall tree behind the bins (where the throat, breast, and belly, seen from below, seemed entirely yellow) and the brown-leafed oak a bit beeper into the yard. The bird wagged its tail (raising it up and then setting it down) very often, and occasionally flicked its wings. The general impression, especially at a distance, was of a _very_ green and yellow bird—more so than a kinglet, for example—greenish above and yellowish below. Two white wing bars, the top bar sometimes obscured by drooping feathers from above. A striking whitish eye ring with a teardrop-like upper back corner (the ring shaved closely as it approaches the upper front corner) . A broad bill with a yellow lower mandible. The feathers on the top of its head sometimes formed a ragged crest or peak. Judging from the photographs I've posted, especially the back view, the bird's primary extension seems relatively short. I spent another hour wandering around the yard hoping for more views, but I had no luck. Others saw it briefly in the line of trees and bushes between the naturalists's yard and the playground. Many thanks to earlier visitors for their discoveries, descriptions, and directions.

Technical information

Model

OM-1

Lens

OM 150-400mm F4.5 TC

ISO

1000

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/10.0

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

2512 pixels x 1890 pixels

Original file size

1.13 MB