ML69828351
Contributor
Pete Monacell Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
City of Columbia Wetland Unit #1
Boone, Missouri, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Just after 11:00, while completing the loop around the wetland, we began to notice a large influx of Broad-winged Hawks flying overhead on a southerly bearing (we had seen one previously). As the BWHA's streamed over us, in a ribbon that often filled our scopes, we continually revised our estimate upwards. The overhead ribbon of BWHA's lasted for more than ten minutes, and the birds did not pass out of view for more than twenty minutes. Finally, we agreed upon an estimate of 6,000 birds. We would stress that this is a conservative estimate, and that there were likely more than this. We feel very privileged to have seen this awesome natural spectacle.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3400
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 1620 pixels x 1080 pixels
- Original file size
- 112.24 KB