ML79345651

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Upon arrival at pond, immediately noted a king bird perched atop leafless tree near the frontage road. The bird was obviously a kingbird based on its upright posture, entirely yellow breast and belly, and grey head. Specially, the bird was a Couch’s Kingbird for the following reasons: yellow on belly was bright lemon in color that extended all the way up breast to the throat, in the upper breast area the yellow became more greenish in color and contrasted with a grayish white throat and grayish head, a few minutes later seen from the backside the plumage color was olive green and I importantly the top size of the tail was the same color Additionally, the tail was clearly notched in the center. Remarkably, as we watched five other individuals all identical in appearance appeared for a total of six individuals. Of the six, four issued loud “kip” calls, distinctive of Couch’s Kingbird. Two of the birds remained silent but were presumed to be Couch’, although Tropical could not be definitively ruled out.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P610

ISO

250

Focal length

258 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

1440 pixels x 1080 pixels

Original file size

364.52 KB