Contributor
Elliott Ress Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Pablo Reservoir
Lake, Montana, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
2nd bird from the right.
Observation details
Single bird in a flock stood out like a sore thumb. Overall lighter in color, pale yellowish head, fainter streaking, and of course, a very bright yellowish-green color. The yellow also bleeds onto the nape and portions of the neck area. Young Northern Pine Siskins can sometimes show greater amounts of yellow, which could be confused with green morph PISI. However, the overall paleness of this bird in direct comparison with the others leads me to believe that this bird is indeed a green morph Pine Siskin. The bird also exhibited no chick/juvenile-like behavior during the time I spent with it, however this can be hard a thing to qualify.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R5
- Lens
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 4234 pixels x 2824 pixels
- Original file size
- 8.03 MB