Can anyone identify this bird?
May 24, 2016 23:13:40 #
Wasn't as close as I would have liked. And this was only a 300mm lens with a APS-C sized sensor. He had been sitting on the very top of that tree when I saw him and he then jumped off and went into a steep dive and out of my sight. Location is just south of San Jose CA. Searched all through my bird books for the two white wing strips.
May 25, 2016 07:10:29 #
JimH123 wrote:
Wasn't as close as I would have liked. And this was only a 300mm lens with a APS-C sized sensor. He had been sitting on the very top of that tree when I saw him and he then jumped off and went into a steep dive and out of my sight. Location is just south of San Jose CA. Searched all through my bird books for the two white wing strips.
Northern Mockingbird different angle than is normally seen.
May 25, 2016 07:11:39 #
May 25, 2016 07:13:30 #
May 25, 2016 07:14:01 #
JimH123 wrote:
Wasn't as close as I would have liked. And this was only a 300mm lens with a APS-C sized sensor. He had been sitting on the very top of that tree when I saw him and he then jumped off and went into a steep dive and out of my sight. Location is just south of San Jose CA. Searched all through my bird books for the two white wing strips.
Here is a link that shows drawings of several angles. White wing bars show well in flight from any angle or viewpoint.
http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues13/CO06_2013/CO_0613_Mockingbird.htm
May 25, 2016 08:50:06 #
Thank you everyone. I looked up the Northern Mockingbird in my book and it certainly matches. And we do have that kind of bird in this area.
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