ML110020701
Contributor
Will Cook Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
7814 Bruton Smith Boulevard, Concord, North Carolina, US (35.367, -80.711)
Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
A small portion of the Purple Martin flock. Multiply by at least 5x laterally for whole view, plus many more had already settled into bushes along I-85 on-ramp
Observation details
Near dusk on Monday 8/6/18 I happened to luck into a huge gathering of Purple Martins settling in to bushes and trees at I85 exit 49 (Concord Mills exit near Charlotte NC). I watched the spectacle for about 10 minutes as I was waiting for my shake at Cook Out. Original estimate of 2000 far too low after reviewing photos and video I took. Revising estimate to match estimate of same flock two days later in https://ebird.org/checklist/S47735360 Perhaps the best fast food birding I've ever had!
Technical information
- Model
- E-M5MarkII
- Lens
- OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 60 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/3.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.64 MB