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Observation details
**rare; very rare on the immediate coast; first record for Barnstable Co. encounter d) 8 birds (5 Type 1, 2 Type 2, 1 unknown smaller bird) - This group flew overhead and MJI got a decent recording ("MJI_8_one_smaller") of them heading overhead and away. In the binocular, one bird appeared smaller, and is presumed to have been something other than Type 2 (very large) or Type 1 (large)--maybe it was silent. About 1-2 minutes later, 7-8 birds came back overhead from that same direction at 7:37 (MJI recording "Recr_8_again") and the group includes Type 1 and Type 2, so are presumed to be the same birds. These birds out down close to us in a Pitch Pine and fed, with four birds out at the tip being photogenic (3m 1f, I think?) and with one of those the Type 1 calling loudly from the pine branch tips a few times, and then excitedly as the flock of 30 Type 10s dropped in (see sighting e and audio recording). I audio recorded this entire encounter, shutters and chit-chat and all, but the cut here is the best cut of just crossbills at the end. We don't really know how many of Type 2 and Type 1 there are, but I feel like I could hear at least two of each in the final cut where they fly off with Type 10s. I also think the four together at the branch tips that were being photographed were the same type (though only one was calling) and that would mean that the Type 2s were inside the pine (we saw some birds inside the pine that were not photographed). Presuming 5 Type 1 and two Type 2 seems like the best guess here, and I am treating the smaller flyover from the first encounter as an unknown type. See comments on counts in Red Crossbill species notes.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 360
- Focal length
- 268 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1440 pixels x 1080 pixels
- Original file size
- 514.56 KB