ML618255418

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Empidonax flycatchers with overall strong contrast between upper olive upper body and whitish (slightly yellow) lower body. Pictured birds show long saber-like primary projections with wide, uneven spacing between primary tips. Wings have bold wing bars and strong secondary stack (wing panel) contrast with black ground color of wing and primaries. White on secondaries comes close to lower wing bar. Both have wide squarish tails. One bird fresher tail feathers, other has more ragged tail with one fresh feather coming in (molt occurs on summer grounds). Heads have peaked crown towards the rear with low forehead angle to a large bill with yellow mandible. Crisp complete eyering on both. Third bird was seen and recorded but not photoed at least 100 yards away from other two birds. All were remaining motionless until flushed by people walking trails or making feeding sorties. No tail or wing movements noticed while perched.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P1000

ISO

1600

Focal length

359 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/30 sec

Dimensions

4608 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

3.46 MB