ML186159121
Contributor
Louis Bevier Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Village Road, Smithfield
Somerset, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 33; Juvenile, Unknown sex - 7
Media notes
Although not all birds present can be seen in this image (heads down and birds behind others), all forty cranes were in this flock
Observation details
Two observers independently counted 40 birds, at least 7 of which were juveniles. At first, most of the birds were sleeping, 3-4 even down on their haunches, bellies on the ground. The group then started actively preening and eventually began to forage. This is my highest count yet of this fall gathering that presumably includes local area birds from the Belgrade Lakes region. Some birds are obscured behind others, and this video shows the flock.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone XS
- Lens
- iPhone XS back dual camera 4.25mm f/1.8
- ISO
- 25
- Focal length
- 4.3 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/1.8
- Shutter speed
- 1/166 sec
- Dimensions
- 3498 pixels x 1398 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.14 MB