ML66659161

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Surprised to observe this many vireos along the creek. First individual seen foraging in an alder along the creek between the diversion and rocky draw, after I heard a suggestive upslurred, harsh "nygrah?" call. Photos. Later (at 1054), a WAVI seen a bit upstream of the rocky draw, apparently foliage-gleaning in Chokecherry and alder. I got one poor photo of this bird. Shortly after, I saw 3 more WAVI at once in the nearby row of Chokecherry, ca 10 m north of the stream. I briefly saw 2 birds perched next to each other, one hunched over and facing the other - perhaps begging? Heard rough calls a few times from this group. At least one of these seemed fairly drab and grayish overall, without so much yellowish underneath, and without as distinct white lines around the eye - perhaps a juvenile? Later, I saw a WAVI near the raised hill (1 poor photo), again in a clump of Chokecherry. I suspected that there were 2 birds here, but did not get a good visual on the second individual, which flew with the first. If all of these sightings were different individuals, and the last-mentioned bird was indeed also a WAVI, then that adds up to 7 birds! However, I was not positive that sighting #2 was not one of the 3 birds seen a short distance away immediately after. While retracing my steps, I also saw and photographed a WAVI in a Chokecherry thicket ca 10 m above the cross-fence, probably one of the birds already seen.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P900

ISO

400

Focal length

268 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/400 sec

Dimensions

2213 pixels x 2546 pixels

Original file size

771 KB