ML615181043

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

About 12:15 today. Small, dark blue bird low in the brush. My original thought was blackbird, but when I put the binoculars on it, it was definitely dark blue not black. Then the sun came out, and the top of his head was bright, shiny blue. I quickly went back to the blind and told the birder that was there. She came and got one blurry photo after she got an identifiable look before it flew. The bird also gave at least one call. I did not come here looking for this bird, so I had not studied what to look for, but when that top of the head shone so bright blue, I knew it was something I had not seen here before. I saw the bird not far from the pond in front of the visitor center as you walk toward the blind. I had spent some time in the blind, just relaxing, and was headed back to the visitor center when I spotted the bird. A while later, we relocated the bird in the same area and she got some better photos. Walking from the pond in front of the visitor center toward the blind, where the trail intersection is , turn left and a few feet in front of you where the trail turns right is where the bird was. Mary V got identifiable photos and was kind enough to give me a back of camera photo.

Technical information

Model

iPhone 11

Lens

iPhone 11 back dual wide camera 4.25mm f/1.8

ISO

40

Focal length

4.3 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.8

Shutter speed

1/92 sec

Dimensions

4032 pixels x 3024 pixels

Original file size

2.1 MB