Contributor
Evan Dalton Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Manomet Bird Observatory
Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- In-hand; Multiple species
Media notes
Much larger than AMGO
Observation details
Netted (and banded) at the banding lab. Was captured along the bluffs in the same net as a few American Goldfinches. An apparent escapee, this bird's large size (see comparison shot with AMGO) lack of extensive black on the face and cold gray coloration put it comfortably in the canniceps subspecies group. Although an escapee, the bird seemed to be migrating with other birds and had a fair amount of sub-dermal fat built up. For a captive bird, it appeared rather healthy. Oddly one wing was 5mm shorter than the other although the bird showed no signs of active molt.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 200 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/9.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/60 sec
- Dimensions
- 3888 pixels x 2592 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.69 MB