ML615727050

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Flagged as rare but annual at this location. I was driving to the wetlands in the afternoon when a bird flushed from a pile of fallen branches in a shady area along the road and perched a few feet off the ground. I was expecting it to be a thrush or Ovenbird, but was pleasantly surprised to see the full white eye-ring, grayish hood, and yellow belly of a CONW. The bird was partially obstructed by a leaf, so I slowly got off the Gator I was driving and moved forward where I could see the bird out in the open. It just sat there while I photographed it. It did not vocalize. I even obtained some video of it. I began texting out about it and it vanished. Later, Ryan Johnson relocated it in the same area and we watched it preen behind a large leaf for a few minutes. It moved up into the clearing along the road to the wetlands and disappeared behind some tangles in front of a fallen log where I normally have Winter Wrens in season. What really struck me was how thrush-like the bird was. As I said earlier, I was actually expecting it to be a thrush. It flushed from a shady area and perched motionless, like thrushes do. The bird's structure and overall impression was vaguely thrush-like. I was so pleased to have gotten the opportunity to study it for so long.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

800

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/80 sec

Dimensions

3314 pixels x 2486 pixels

Original file size

1.49 MB