ML256900221
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- Behaviors
- Flying
Observation details
**very high. Exact count. First heard a raven calling and when I looked up I was surprised to see four CORA flying over. But I was not prepared for what followed, 19 CORA in close succession. In groups of 1-4. This flight went in for about 5 minutes and then stopped. But I still heard some calls coming from the direction that the previous birds just came from. These calls were coming from North of me while the first 23 birds flew South of me. Making it very obvious that these were different birds. I only expected 2-4 more CORA to come from where I heard some calling North of me. I was shocked to see a flock of 18 birds (pictured) flyby from north to south. Every bird seen this morning would have been flying in a constant stream if it wasn't for the second half of the birds landing briefly above The Big Rock. We have seen several large raven flocks before at Oak Top: Flock of 10 from Oct 19th, 2019: https://ebird.org/checklist/S54520005 Flock of 10 on April 3rd, 2019: 10 https://ebird.org/checklist/S60711944 Flock of 20 from Oct 19th, 2015: https://ebird.org/checklist/S25472693 New Bristol county high count. Over doubling the previous one.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 160
- Focal length
- 36.8 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/80 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.07 MB