ML21074811

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

Photo depicts over half of the 60 magnificent frigatebirds hoovering like kites facing the open ocean while maintaining their position over the trail that extends between the parking lot and the lighthouse on Sanibel Island. These birds were holding their position in a horizontal plane. Took multiple photos and watched the birds for the entire time we were at this site. Every so often one of the original 60 birds would peel off and fly back towards the bay. Towards the end of the observation period there were only 11 birds remaining overhead. A brown pelican flew into the group of remaining frigatebirds and began sailing with them and it eventually peeled off sailing off toward the bay. The remaining eleven magnificent frigatebirds peeled off one by one and followed the pelican towards the bay.

Technical information

Model

uT6000,ST6000

ISO

50

Focal length

18.2 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.1

Shutter speed

1/320 sec

Dimensions

3648 pixels x 2736 pixels

Original file size

1.93 MB