Short video from the morning 9/26. Pretty foggy,so quality is not exceptional. https://youtu.be/vtH_IHercn0
Jay On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 6:41:09 PM UTC-6, Jay Hutchins wrote: > > All: > > First post here, wanted to share an incredible sight I’ve be watching for > two years now at Jim Hamm Nature Area. Last fall I was out there in the > evening and witnessed huge numbers of YHBL, RWBL and EUST gathering in the > evening to roost. Got over there the next morning and witnessed > approximately 10,000+ birds depart for the day en masse. I’m guessing on > the counts, but it is easily 10k birds, probably more. And the sound they > make! Pretty cool to witness. And like last year, one morning in late > September they had all left for warmer climes down south, so I don’t know > how much longer they will stick around. > > Anyways, I was out there again this foggy Tuesday morning and got some > video to share as I know I will get flagged on ebird for a high count. I > was able to take some screen shots off the camera so you can get a sense of > how many birds there are. **Warning!!** It was extremely foggy this > morning, so the picture quality is poor. Please keep in mind that the > departure took over 8 minutes for them to leave and the camera is only > covering a very small section of sky. Trust me, there are a bazillion > birds there! > > I’ll be out there tomorrow (Wed, 9/27) at about 6:30 am, the show started > today around 6:45 and lasted until about 7:15. Evening is pretty cool to > watch them come in, but they dribble in over the course of an hour or so, > mornings are the best as they all leave together. > > Question: How does one really guesstimate these numbers? Would love to > hear any suggestions. > > Jay Hutchins > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e2e52307-9a28-446f-a562-5204afccb583%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
