ML75772121

Age and sex

Immature Unknown sex - X

Media notes

digitized from his slide

Observation details

DR comments: "as I understand the story, it was in underbrush not far Crespi; found by Greg Butcher, photo'd by Ronald L. Branson, and seen by Bob & Carol Yutzy, Eugene Makishima. Photos by R.L. Branson were reviewed & accepted by CBRC. This still remains (as of 2017) the only record for MTY. In response to my request for 'the story' of this bird, Bob Yutzy wrote: 'We were birding Crespi Pond late in the afternoon and Greg and I were checking ... at the extreme NE corner of the golf course, while Eugene and Carol were checking the other side of the cypresses. Greg and I spotted a skulking sparrow under some low hanging cypress limbs in the shadows. We called over Carol and Eugene. It was hard to get field marks on the bird down in the shadows of the cypress trees but we kept watching and pooling the information on what we were all seeing. We all knew it was a good one for California ... but Greg said if he was back East (where he was from) he would ID it as a LeConte's Sparrow. ... So we called Alan [Baldridge] even though it was getting late [and he called] Ron Branson to come ... get some pictures . . . We waited for Ron while watching the bird and though it was fairly late ... he got some photos'." One of those photos is now posted below -- quite remarkable in low light from the days of slide film.

Technical information

Model

Nikon COOLSCAN V ED

Dimensions

450 pixels x 351 pixels

Original file size

65.33 KB