ML585797021
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Detalles de la observación
Truly wild spring record! I first heard an odd song I didn't immediately recognize near the radio tower here (37.997237, -123.013826), as I was trucking it from the parking lot to the Lighthouse for the GTTO. I was somewhat stumped, so I stopped and grabbed some audio, but was focused on getting to the GTTO. I never was able to visually locate the bird, so I continued on, thinking it was perhaps an odd song of a common bird, but still wondering if it was something good. I moved on and spent some time with the Towhee, and luckily, on my way back to the parking lot I noticed some movement in the same area I had the odd song an hour earlier and when I got my bins on the bird, I knew I needed photos, so I snapped a few very quick photos in the dense fog. At first, I was slightly perplexed noting the rufous crown (CHSP, RCSP?!), given wasn’t tracking on ATSP at all in June. Once the bird turned in profile, even in the thick fog I could see the rufous crown, clear bicolored bill, and dark spot on the breast, which isn't visible in the photos. I then watched the bird as it flew down towards and around the radio tower fencing, being chased by a few WCSPs. I had a few more looks; once the bird perched on a post and started to sing again, but I eventually lost it after it was chased by WCSPs and went silent. During this time, I grabbed a second audio, but it was obscured by many tourists talking and walking along the road. A mind-bender of an experience with such an unexpected record; there appears to be all of four previous records of ATSP in June in the entirety of the lower 48 (two from SEFI), according to eBird. edit: apparently there are many more records from SEFI (17 in total?) in spring that are not entered in eBird. Still, a really good spring and OP record. Medium-sized sparrow with a rust colored cap and post-ocular stripe, plain gray face otherwise; back streaked with rust, black and gray; notably small bicolored bill with black upper mandible and bright yellow lower mandible; "full-bellied" appearance with unmarked breast and charcoal central spot; buff hue to flanks; long tail with outer rects edged in white, perhaps suggestive of western ssp. ochracea?
Información técnica
- Grabadora
- Micrófono
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- Original file size
- 2.24 MB