ML20229141

Age and sex

Unknown age, Unknown sex - X

Observation details

Probably the same bird as yesterday. But photos today! not that they are diagnostic. A bunch of people joined me this evening. Everybody walked away happy, I think. Except me. It definitely didn't put on as good a show as yesterday. And for that I was disappointed. It was all the more aggravating because within a minute of my arrival at 18:18 a suspicious swift flew into the chimney. Then maybe after 20 minutes it flew out. Then flew in. Then flew out. But being the only swift I didn't want to say anything. Then flew in. All the while not a Vaux's was in sight. Thankfully the bird in question flew out once more and by then the Vaux's had assembled and direct comparison was had for a very brief time. Maybe 2 minutes. But probably less. Every swift had flown into the chimney sometime shortly after 19:00. The weather today was quite different than Tuesday evening. Tuesday was cloudy and the birds flew in maybe 15 minutes earlier. This evening it was clear.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

2500

Focal length

176 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/22.0

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

1076 pixels x 717 pixels

Original file size

175.31 KB