ML613437260

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Bird found earlier in the morning at 10:30 am by Lisa Ruby, John Bruin and Terry Hurst. Well photographed all around by many observers. Appears to be of the northern Gray Thrasher race "mearnsi" showing a warmer reddish-brown colored tone to the upperparts coloration than the southern Baja nominate and grayer colored "cinereum". The bird is an overall biscuit brown color, a little warmer colored on the rump perhaps, with pale buffy white underparts boldly marked with blackish chevrons throughout. The median and greater coverts are tipped with fine pale edges. The eye is a mid yellow-orange color. The tail, concolorous with the upperparts, shows some evidence of mud sticking to it, but since we have had a recent deluge of rain a couple weeks ago it seems reasonable the bird might have ventured into muddy conditions in its normally dry desert habitat.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS-1D X

Lens

EF500mm f/4L IS II USM

ISO

20000

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/9.0

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

1200 pixels x 900 pixels

Original file size

217.11 KB