ML644522134
Contributor
Weston Barker Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Hills Beach and Basket Island Causeway
York, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
**very high; large numbers across the southern Maine coast but this was spectacular. New state high in eBird; previous high was 1050 from April 1985 in Lubec. Rounded the corner from Freddy to find what I estimated to be around 200 birds along the shoreline of the beach; a 1x1 count came to 244. An even bigger flock (~320) flew in from the E and the originally flock lifted off to join them, flying SW towards the Pool. A dozen or so birds were visible along the sandbar to Basket Island, and distant flocks of 5-100+ were moving by in Saco Bay, mostly headed S. Another large flock ~200 was loitering around Ram Island, and one flock passed overhead at the jetty headed seemingly upriver. Really a spectacle.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 13
- Lens
- iPhone 13 back dual wide camera 5.1mm f/1.6
- ISO
- 50
- Focal length
- 5.1 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/1.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/4016 sec
- Dimensions
- 3880 pixels x 1555 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.4 MB