ML169986731
Contributor
Sean Williams Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Jeffrey's Ledge (Massachusetts)
Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
*High count. Accurate estimate of many large rafts sitting on the water. Each flock was counted by 10's. Most flocks were sitting on the water, composed of ~50-200 birds, and we encountered about 20 flocks. Another ~500 shearwaters, again mostly Greats, were seen chasing a fishing boat and sitting on the water behind it. Large seabirds with stark white undersides contrasting with dark gray-brown backs and dark gray masked/capped heads. The boat captain said the number of birds was more than 5 times the total number of shearwaters he had seen for the entire rest of the year combined. We actually departed from watching humpback whales to cruising through shearwater flocks. What a spectacle.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 640
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/5000 sec
- Dimensions
- 5018 pixels x 3344 pixels
- Original file size
- 8.94 MB