ML73716241
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Localidad
- Edad
- No especificado
- Sexo
- No especificado
Detalles de la observación
Flushed from short grass meadow with interspersed patches of dry ground and waist-high grasses; saw in flight several times; first thing that popped in my mind was Lesser Nighthawk as the bird seemed pretty yellowish underneath. However this bird had no white/pale primary bars. I don't recall any white on the tail either. It shot up from about 5 feet away and dove into taller grass. I followed it, but the grass was so tall I was unable to keep from flushing it again. It flew another 40 yards away and dove back into tall grass. I followed and eventually lost it as it flew into the woods, but not before obtaining a few blurry pics. The bird didn't seem very big and was kind of block-headed. It also appeared relatively short-tailed. What stood out to me were the reddish-brown primaries and secondaries contrasting with a gray back and wing coverts. The flight style was more moth-like. I've seen chucks in flight and they seem to fly more like accipiters. This bird had a buoyant, non-direct flight. The area from which I flushed it seems to fit the habitat descriptions for Poorwill. I believe it was sitting on one of the bare patches of dirt. Description of flight style also seems to fit what I saw. Chucks or Eastern Whip would be more likely at McKinney but it's getting pretty late and I've always associated both species with woodlands during migration, not in the middle of a field. Additionally, the bird didn't seem to be as big as a Chucks and flight style seemed different. The few Whips I've seen appeared longer-tailed in flight. Also, I don't recall any noticeable pale braces in flight. The bird didn't vocalize but did give a short grunt the first time I flushed it, almost snipe-like.
Información técnica
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 1394 pixels x 929 pixels
- Original file size
- 608.07 KB