ML29822211

Age and sex

Adult Male - X

Media notes

Same individual as ML29822201.

Observation details

We were pleasantly surprised to find an adult male feeding and singing in a patch of bamboo in the forest, and even more so when several hours later we found a pair in a different bamboo spot! Bamboo is abundant at this location and we had our hopes up for other bamboo specialists, but were quite happy with Blue Seedeater! Initially, we considered these observations separate, but in hindsight it seems likely that the pair we encountered toward the end of our transect included the male we had seen a few hours earlier. The distance between these two spots is probably only 300-400 m, "as the seedeater flies". Birds were feeding quite actively and were often readily observed, but the contrasting bamboo vegetation made photography challenging. When we found the pair together, I did playback obtained from presumably the same male earlier that morning, and he came in twice to inspect that, without counter-singing.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

ISO

640

Focal length

247 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

3682 pixels x 2762 pixels

Original file size

3.29 MB