ML64875391
Contributor
Shane Sater Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Sevenmile Creek--Prickly Pear Land Trust (restricted access)
Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Careful minimum count by tens - could have been more. Counted twice in flight, getting comparable numbers (ca 700). Huge flock seen early in the morning in reach 4, near the fence with the old sewage ponds. Seen perching on fence and dropping down to the ground, presumably to forage. Most were apparently grayish juveniles. I observed large numbers of starlings below the diversion dam throughout the survey, though not nearly this number on the return. Upstream, I observed groups of 2 to ca 30 flying over on numerous occasions, but did not see any starlings perched.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 720
- Focal length
- 178 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/125 sec
- Dimensions
- 2636 pixels x 1887 pixels
- Original file size
- 820.13 KB