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Observation details

Followed up on a bird found by Stacy Keefer earlier this morning and she was kind enough to invite me on the private property. The bird was perched on a large boulder in the blueberry barren as it surveyed the surrounding area for prey. Landing often in the barren before returning its favorite boulder as a hunting perch. Medium size passerine with a light orange wash in the breast and flanks. Grayish-brown, crown, nape and mantle. A pale supercilium above the eye line and dark lores up to the front of the eye. Black primaries and secondaries with white edging. Undertail coverts were white. Tail mostly black. As most northern wheatears non-breeding plumage are hard to determine sex, but this bird seems to have more of a female vibe with less grayish tones and missing the black facemask that males often carry into late November.