ML623405570
Contributor
Deb Whitecotton Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Yard Birds, Curry County NM
Curry, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Wasn't expecting this one AT ALL! Beautiful adult male. Solid black head, nape & mantle, bright orange breast, belly & flanks with black wings, upper orange bar & lower white bar on wings, black tail with outer tail feathers orange. Unmistakable! He flew right over our heads & into the top of a pecan tree while we were changing the oil on the tractor. I ran in and grabbed my camera. Managed a few not so good documentation pics before he flushed high into our neighbors elm trees. Tried to track him for better photo's but he disappeared deep into the top of the largest elm trees next door to us. We only observed him once although we looked for him multiple times throughout the day for better pics. Will upload pics later.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 70D
- Lens
- TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 339 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 998 pixels x 706 pixels
- Original file size
- 554.44 KB