ML616880183
Contributor
Cathy Beck Media from this contributor
Date
Location
South Salmon Creek Beach
Sonoma, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Five large flocks flew overhead going NW out to sea. Could hear them calling as their flight call is very distinct from Canada geese. I can hear them coming at least a mile away before I see them. Two were very large flocks over double the size of the smaller flocks of 80-200 which I normally see. I counted 180 in the photo and it was not the whole flock nor was it one of the large flocks. There were 3 flocks of this smaller size and two were at least twice the size of the photo which is how I estimated the count. A friend who lives in Petaluma noted a large flock flying overhead last week and mentioned they were late for this time of year.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R6
- Lens
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 4200 pixels x 2800 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.27 MB