ML617676544

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

After spending a combined total of 5+ hours looking for this bird with no luck back in February, I (Brandon) had to bring the good luck charm of Brady and Aeris in order to ensure victory over this supposedly easy walk-up bird. Sure enough as soon as we walked up, we heard a kingbird-esque call and seconds later spotted the celebrity bird perched in the palm tree right next to the blue dumpster behind the Oyster bar. As it has done for countless birders and non-birders over the past several months, it nonchalantly hopped about the dumpster environs catching flies, then jumped out right next to us to enjoy its meal, totally unaware that it’s in the wrong hemisphere. Still has some fishing line tangled around its left foot, but alert and active, and seems healthy. Flew up to another palm tree and gathered nesting material before heading across the road to the abandoned building where it seems to be roosting lately, sadly never to be joined by another member of its species. Photos tba. Stupid bird

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS REBEL T3

Lens

EF100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM

ISO

400

Focal length

205 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/10.0

Shutter speed

1/200 sec

Dimensions

2719 pixels x 3072 pixels

Original file size

4.8 MB