ML620309019

Age and sex

Immature Male - 1

Media notes

Digibinned

Observation details

As I was nearing the end of my transect survey I heard the classic “pit-ta-tuck!” calls of a Summer Tanager. After a brief search I located the bird, a striking immature male, in the riparian right along the creek at (38.5272967, -121.8007512). This was a bright tanager with a red head, yellow-green body and a hefty bill. The bird flew back forth across the creek, first hanging out on the Yolo side for a bit before flying across to a bird bath on the Solano side. It dropped down to drink from the creek here. It then caught a wasp and flew back across the creek where it sat quietly in a tree. Ethan Monk arrived and viewed the bird with me here before it flew off and disappeared. The total observation time was probably about 15-20 minutes, during which it only called for about a minute and sat silently for most of the period. An hour-plus search of the immediate area with others was unsuccessful. Only my second SUTA for Yolo and my first for Solano! Photos and audio to be posted

Technical information

Model

iPhone 11

Lens

iPhone 11 back dual wide camera 4.25mm f/1.8

ISO

80

Focal length

4.3 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.8

Shutter speed

1/121 sec

Dimensions

1046 pixels x 1046 pixels

Original file size

414.86 KB