ML35510981

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

One bird was first found at the edge of the far boneyard by Sykes and Peavler. It then flew upslope where I observed it on a rock and got a distant photo. Only five of us got on the bird before it disappeared. An organized search turned up nothing once everyone arrived. We all returned in the evening to relocate the bird. It was near the pond. It flushed and moved deeper into the far boneyard. While everyone was attempting to get better looks, Martin and I began following a different bird to another section of the far boneyard. At that point the bird broke cover and I called out that we had the Accentor. The bird then flew up to the rocks upslope. Then Lehman said the bird is next to us and we realized that there were two Accentors present. The birds were calling quite regularly and we followed them up to the rocks where I eventually got very nice photos. Eventually everyone dispersed and Martin and I were just talking and standing in the far boneyard when both Accentors flew back in. We found one feeding in an excavated pit. It would hop up and grab food items off the walls of the hole. I got a number of close pictures at this point as well.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

200

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

1369 pixels x 913 pixels

Original file size

864.08 KB