Phainopepla Perched On a Scrub Oak

Phainopepla Perched On a Scrub Oak Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Shawn Hendricks / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2E3MJDG

File size:

144 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

8688 x 5792 px | 73.6 x 49 cm | 29 x 19.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

18 January 2021

Location:

Ramsey Canyon, Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

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The solid black Phainopepla is the first I have seen, or at least identified as such. It had perched among the top branches of a scrub oak a few yards from the balcony where I stood, and I could not tell if it was a starling. The shiny feathers with hints of iridescence drew my camera lens, and these are the results. I wish it had remained longer.