ML76688771

Age and sex

Unknown age, Unknown sex - X

Media notes

Same individual as ML76688781.

Observation details

One seen in cottonwoods just w of Picnic Shelter. Flock of 34 (estimate) seen along Crow Creek in the northeastern part of the entire USFS property (along "Mourning Dove Trail" east of the primitive camping sites, which are now mostly overgrown and "invisible", along the fenceline between the creek and the bluffs which eventually leads to the USFS Work Center to the east. Flock initially responded to playback of American Tree Sparrow, later somewhat to playback of Common Redpoll. Flock very "flighty", never stayed in one spot for long, went to the ground briefly, went to seeding prairie plants briefly, in Russian-olives, willows and cottonwoods. Description of birds: See photos. Small, but seemed bit bigger than siskins. Call notes were typically rather harsh "chet-chet" or "chet-chet-chet" following by zing similar to siskins. Red on forecrown, black lores and chin, brown and light gray striped otherwise.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 60D

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

ISO

2500

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/14.0

Shutter speed

1/1600 sec

Dimensions

2177 pixels x 1343 pixels

Original file size

1.98 MB