Contributor
Peter Olsoy Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Malheur NWR--Headquarters
Harney, Oregon, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Changing this to Tricolored after seeing Russ Morgan's photos and some discussion on Discord. We had noticed a blackbird with bright white in the wing, and what seemed like dark red epaulets, but convinced ourselves it was just a Red-winged. Looking at more photos, it has glossier black feathers, a longer thinner bill, and some photos seemed to show the foraging behavior with it's tail cocked, similar to a Brewer's Blackbird and indicating a Tricolored Blackbird. Happy to hear others thoughts as well, both for Russ's and our bird (maybe the same?).
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2022 pixels x 1585 pixels
- Original file size
- 733.1 KB