Big Bend - Part 4 - Clueless

[jonesmunoz 8]

Big Bend again, taken last week. This is a group I really don't have a reasonable idea, although I thought perhaps the last bird might be a Lark Bunting.

[Connor Cochrane 3,343]

1-4 Vermillion Flycatcher

5 Rock Wren

6 House Sparrow

7 Townsends Solitaire 

8-9 Lark Bunting

[jonesmunoz 8]

9 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said:

1-4 Vermillion Flycatcher

5 Rock Wren

6 House Sparrow

7 Townsends Solitaire 

8-9 Lark Bunting

I figured the first ones were a flycatcher, but in the book the Vermillion didn't seem that dark. I thought number 5 might be a Wren. Can't believe I didn't recognize number 6:( Would never have gotten the Solitaire. Thanks so much!!!

[Kevin 4,467]

10 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:

1-4 Vermillion Flycatcher

5 Rock Wren

6 House Sparrow

7 Townsends Solitaire 

8-9 Lark Bunting

Agreed.

[IKLland 1,261]

13 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:

5 Rock Wren

And what is it that rules out house wren here?

[Seanbirds 1,272]

1 hour ago, IKLland said:

And what is it that rules out house wren here?

Was kinda wondering that myself. It looks good for a Rock Wren, but for some reason, I just can’t rule out House being a possibility.

[Connor Cochrane 3,343]

1 hour ago, IKLland said:

And what is it that rules out house wren here?

Facial pattern and  overall coloration (with the areas near the tail being a dull orange).

[Tony Leukering 3,316]

19 hours ago, jonesmunoz said:

I figured the first ones were a flycatcher, but in the book the Vermillion didn't seem that dark.

That’s an artifact of the exposure, the bird is in shadow, but the leaves are brightly lit. With the camera on auto, it will either balance the lighting creating a slightly underexposed bird or, possibly the situation here, read the light off the leaves, thus strongly under exposing the bird. The solution is to run on manual and purposefully overexpose by 2/3 or a full stop, resulting in the leaves being overexposed, but the subject bird being well lit.

19 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:

5 Rock Wren

I’m not sold. On my phone, I don’t see any color on the under-tail covs. I’ll look again when I get home.

[jonesmunoz 8]

15 hours ago, Tony Leukering said:

That’s an artifact of the exposure, the bird is in shadow, but the leaves are brightly lit. With the camera on auto, it will either balance the lighting creating a slightly underexposed bird or, possibly the situation here, read the light off the leaves, thus strongly under exposing the bird. The solution is to run on manual and purposefully overexpose by 2/3 or a full stop, resulting in the leaves being overexposed, but the subject bird being well lit.

I’m not sold. On my phone, I don’t see any color on the under-tail covs. I’ll look again when I get home.

Actually, I shot in manual mode all the time, but will have to learn better about overexposing some shots as you explained.

 I am interested to hear what you think about pic 5

thanks