ML620529863

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Conservative count. Seen early flying low over the trees in the main area of Sundance, when no Violet-green Swallows were flying yet. Numbers started to build as the swifts started to forage higher with 8 being seen flying together for a few minutes with them chasing after each other at times. Right before 715am, another group of Black Swifts joined that flock increasing the number to at least 12 swifts counted at one time, before taking off and not being seen again. There were most likely 15-20 swifts in the flock before it took off but I couldn’t get a completely accurate count due to the mingling of the flock and not being able to double check that no swallows had joined the flock. By far my best looks ever with this species.

Technical information

Model

ILCE-7M4

Lens

FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS

ISO

160

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

7008 pixels x 4672 pixels

Original file size

10 MB