ML78018911

Age and sex

Immature Unknown sex - X

Media notes

I think this is a 1st summer bird since it has some white patches on the upper parts, had some tail bands, and I think had some very faint  barring on the undersides.

Observation details

A surprise for sure. Sitting in a dead tree preening. It was dive bombed by Amer. Robins and scolded by House FInches & Goldfinches until it had enough of the robin hits and probably was done preening and took off. I think this is a 1st summer bird since it has some white patches on the upper parts, had some tail bands, and I think had some very faint  barring on the undersides. Lighting was very bad to see detail. This was on private property in a residential area. I spoke to the owner who indicated she did not want birders staking out her home for personal reasons. The bird likely won't be there again anyway..

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SD950 IS

ISO

200

Focal length

28.5 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.8

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

640 pixels x 480 pixels

Original file size

69.03 KB