ML67763411

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

Two were reported yesterday at this location by Kirk Swenson, and one was seen earlier today. When I arrived, a family was having a picnic at the corner of S. River Road and Babel Slough Road, under the trees just east of the wood pile. One person was riding a dirt bike around the bare field, right past the wood pile where the towhees had been previously seen. The wood pile was in full sun and it was very hot. I walked along the road, and after a few minutes heard a catlike mewing sound right near the edge of the road (north side of the road). It was coming from the dense brush, most of which looked like poke-cherry. I made some squeaking sounds which did not have an immediate effect but eventually one Green-tailed Towhee hopped up into the lower part of a tree right at the edge of the road. Its white throat, delineated by a black malar stripe, and rusty crown were immediately obvious. Plain gray underparts.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

800

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

0.01 sec

Dimensions

4000 pixels x 3000 pixels

Original file size

2.34 MB