ML314470491

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Observation details

22 birds circling over Merrifield Garden Center Fair Oaks property for 20 minutes, calling, before heading northbound along fairfax County parkway in V formation. Unmistakable call grabbed my attention. At one point they circled low enough to be able to make out details on some of the birds. First time ever seeing Sandhills over our store! Filmed w cell phone (crappy footage but calls were audible in 2 clips). Film was too big to upload which I would only be uploading for proof of the sighting. Instead I'll upload a completely useless pic I took with my camera which I'm sure will still earn me an "unconfirmed" report. I'm confirming, though, that there is no mistaking a sandhill cranes for anything else, especially when they're vocalizing!

Technical information

Model

SM-G965U

ISO

32

Focal length

6 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/2.4

Shutter speed

1/719 sec

Dimensions

4032 pixels x 1960 pixels

Original file size

1.09 MB