ML89985251
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Tags
- Field notes/sketch; No bird
Observation details
I first saw one bird over Signal Peak at 4:25 p.m. and got excellent looks as it once came by within 3 feet and knee high and circled within 15 feet several times. I alerted Ken [Briggs] and he saw 2 together at 5:30 p.m. At 6:00 p.m. I saw 4 swifts in the distance and at 6:30 p.m. I got good looks at 3 together several times. At 8:00 p.m., when nearly dark, I again had 3 together, and one of them called -- a typical Chimney Swift twitter. They were about the same size as the Bank Swallows that were with them, perhaps a little larger (definitely not smaller), but with longer wings and shorter tail. They soared often and sometimes for long durations (soaring was roughly 1/3 and flapping 2/3 of flying time). They occasionally soared in tandem this way. In appearance they were dark sooty-brown, almost blackish, with lighter rump, throat, and upper breast. The throat was slightly lighter than the rump, but nevertheless ashy gray-brown.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 5.4 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/3.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2150 pixels x 3161 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.53 MB