ML618791546

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Two first spring males! Found and reported by Rob Dobos, but the additional second bird came as a surprise upon reviewing photos. At 2:24, I came across the fork-tailed individual foraging in willows along the cattail marsh. By 2:27, just three minutes later, I had photographed the second individual with a notched tail and yellow central breast spot. The fork-tailed bird was photographed again at 2:56 till 3:03. At 3:06, the second individual was photographed until we left at 3:20. Even with a few birders present at one time, we never confidently saw two birds at once. Although, there were a few times when we suspected two birds. As I was looking at a bird in the willows along the marsh, one began to call, back down the trail behind me. I had never seen the bird fly from the willows, but it seemed to disappear when this other bird was calling. I then located the calling bird, and eventually, it returned to the exact willow I had initially viewed one of the Summer Tanagers in just a few minutes ago.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P950

ISO

400

Focal length

357 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

3327 pixels x 2495 pixels

Original file size

986.41 KB