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Observation details

***High, especially for Hastings; amazing in context! New Hastings high count. The spectacle continues! I had wondered if the 154 flyover COME the other night was a one off, but clearly it was not! The first Mergs started showing up around 4:30, and although the initial groups were very small, out of nowhere it became slightly insane, in which a group of nearly 80 was followed by a group of 270! It’s hard to explain how cool it is to see skeins of Common Mergs flying at you, all while trying to maneuver over a windy river! Not sure if this is recent phenomenon or something that’s been happening for awhile unbeknownst to me. All the groups ended up off Piermont Marsh. Here’s the break down: 2,13,2,1,3,4,4,7,5,76,270,28,14,9,2,1,7 Photos to come

Technical information

Model

NIKON D500

ISO

1100

Focal length

200 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

2596 pixels x 1731 pixels

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