ML98849851
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Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Observation details
We have been monitoring this site for Lark Sparrows daily over the past 2 weeks in hopes of seeing this species return after it was discovered by Mary Lou and then nested here last year. Yesterday I was quite certain that I saw it from a distance as I was driving along Breton Road, based upon large sparrow size with long wide tail and impression of white on its tail as it disappeared in the distance. Mary Lou and I returned this morning and after finding Killdeer with tiny hatchlings where we parked, near the corner of Breton & Patterson, we slowly walked north along Breton. A pair of Lark Sparrows flew across the road in front of us and settled down in the field to the west. They walked along close together and picked at a clump of grass rootlets and had some in their mouths. The (presumed) female then flew back across the road and landed on a post. The male quickly followed and they briefly copulated-- too fast for a photo op.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 80D
- Lens
- EF300mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 420 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 1586 pixels x 1190 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.68 MB