ML288479931

Age

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Sex

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Observation details

Common Swift (Apus apus): Accepted. (18-01). A written description with photos of an Apus swift near Pea Island NWR (Dare) on 7 October 2017 by Carol Hare was reviewed by the North Carolina Bird Records Committee (NCBRC) in 2018. The committee initially voted 6-3(ID) to accept, with those voting “No” citing the difficulty of identifying Apus swifts to species given the quality of the photographic evidence. Such a vote requires a second evaluation with outside review to place the species on the NC list. That review was invited and the report was resubmitted as a Class C report with comments from a number of Old World authorities, all of whom stated that the available evidence strongly suggested Common Swift. The NCBRC unanimously agreed, accepting the record 9-0 on the second ballot. This remarkable record represents the first for North Carolina and by virtue of submitted photographs it is placed on the Definitive List.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D7100

ISO

2200

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/9.0

Shutter speed

1/5000 sec

Dimensions

640 pixels x 426 pixels

Original file size

60.51 KB