ML617356077

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Female/young male seen foraging along the edge of the road on seeds and gravel. Small passerine with streaked brown upperparts and more straw colored face. Blackish underparts Contrasting chestnut colored nape. Relatively fine bill differing from the heavier-billed McCown's and Lapland. Extensive white on the tail with black triangle on terminal end of inner retrices. Occasionally giving diagnostic "kittle" call notes when flushed by traffic. "Bouncy" flight typical of longspurs. Sticking to the section of road within 50 yards of here: 29.509769,-94.509148 Look for the lone utility pole on the right side of the road (as coming from Hwy 87). That's the vicinity to check either side for the bird (but mostly foraged on the West side). Many thanks to Justin Bolser for letting me know his tour group had located the bird. Presumably the same bird reported at this location on April 11th as a male. ~4th Galveston Co. record. and I believe only the 2nd photographed. ~2nd record for the Bolivar Peninsula (likely 1st photographed). These West winds have been good for something.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 70D

ISO

1250

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/6400 sec

Dimensions

1826 pixels x 1217 pixels

Original file size

604.91 KB