ML615487542

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing mega rarity!!! Originally found by Tim Oksiuta on 2/14. Seems to roost with blue jays and is only seen during the first few hours of the morning then disappears. Came out of the west, down the powerline cut around 7:45am with some blue jays and flew from the north side of the cut and perched up in a tree along the south side of the cut for approximately 10 minutes (excellent scope views!!) Then it moved to the treetops along the field edge south of the park briefly and eventually took off across the field heading south into Ashland county towards the Tri-County trail. Heard call a few times, giving a chatter “chakchak". Loosely associated with the flock of Blue Jays. Slightly larger than a an Am. Robin with longer wings, dark brown back contrasting with gray head and rump, black tail, densely spotted buffy breast, white underwing coverts and yellow bill. First record in WI.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D5600

ISO

400

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/4.0

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

729 pixels x 599 pixels

Original file size

123.66 KB