ML615470822

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

2nd winter/3cy bird showing obvious heavy bi-colored bill with extensive pale base but thick dark line encroaching from dark tip. Though I didn't see a spread wing, as the bird remained perched on buoy, its primaries were very pale, more so than rest of body, the light grayish mantle was paler than I'd expect on a "pure" GWGU, and there was heavy, subtly darker smudging and large blotching to belly. The bird turned a couple of times and I kept thinking I might be seeing a medium brown to dark honey colored iris, but the bird was too distant, as viewing was at 45-55x through scope. May just be a very bleached out GWGU, but sure seems like there may be some GLGU gene flow. See poor photos which are unfortunately overexposed given the distance they were digiscoped at.

Technical information

Model

SM-G960U

ISO

64

Flash

Flash did not fire

Dimensions

1469 pixels x 1102 pixels

Original file size

131.55 KB