Contributor
Wyatt Egelhoff Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Alamos dump
Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Observation details
Originally located by Lauren Harter et. al. on the Alamos CBC earlier in the day. Continued a few hours later in the evening for many. Larger and more svelte in shape than the Bronzed Cowbirds it was accompanying while foraging at the dump. Longer-tailed than a Bronzed Cowbird as well. Body a bronzed golden color while the head was an iridescent bluish color. Longish slender silvery bill. Iris dull amber. Silent. I believe this constitutes the first Sonoran record, and the third documented report of this species for Mexico (perhaps the first photographed?) Way to go Lauren!
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 40D
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 0.01 sec
- Dimensions
- 3888 pixels x 2592 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.89 MB