ML614372187

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

*Very rare. Continuing bird found by Gisele Schoene on January 28. Thank you!! Not present the last couple of days due to the river being flooded from recent rains, but the channel was less flooded today and the wagtail was back in the usually location. Sadly, it will probably flood again for the next few days with the upcoming storms. Seen today mostly around (33.6844530, -117.9409599). Spent most of its time on our side of the river (east side). Loosely associating with an American Pipit. This bird foraged on the muddy and concrete river bottom similarly to a Pipit, mostly walking around looking up (presumably) insects off the ground and puddles of water. The bird, of course, was pretty much wagging its tail the entire time. Appears to be a young bird, unsure of its sex but will research. The bill was a medium length and relatively thin, mostly dark overall with a yellow-orange base. The rage was mostly white with some black feathers in random spots. It had an obvious black line through its eye, but became much thinner as it got closer to the bill base. Not super obvious, although present with a close look, was white eye arcs..The bird’s crowned and back was a paleish slate gray coloration. Two medium thickness white wingbars on brownish wing panels and coverts, primaries has the same color patterns. Rump appeared mostly grayish. Tail was mostly black with prominent white edging, even more widespread in flight, although we only saw it in flight very briefly. Underparts mostly whitish, as was the undertail coverts. Black chest patch very prominent, sort of in the shape of a weird U, but a little wider. The legs were fairly long, and dark in coloration. Vocalized a few times, although not heard well, a high pitched “tsee” call, repeated twice. I believe it also gave a weird chip like call that was also repeated twice. Lifer for me! Photos to add.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R7

Lens

150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015

ISO

1000

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

3074 pixels x 2067 pixels

Original file size

1.27 MB