Hello all, I have posted a few full frame images of the flock of Cave Swallows I saw today. When I looked at the photos I saw that there were one Tree Swallow mixed in the flock. In one of the images I counted 34 swallows, but when I pulled my zoom lens back and fired off the "flock shots" there were at least five swallows outside of the view finder. So in total this flock of swallows were more like 40 birds large.
None of the photos are sharp, so take it for what they are - ID photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/landp/sets/72157632063444384/ good birding, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Anders Peltomaa <anders.pelto...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello all, > One flock of about 25-30 Cave Swallows appeared over the perpendicular > pond about 3 minutes ago. They buzzed around over the pond for about 20-30 > seconds and then disappeared. Almost two hours of MRS and half-an-hour of > waiting at the pond. Awesome. Life bird. > > Anders Peltomaa > Manhattan > On Nov 20, 2012 10:42 AM, "Robert A. Proniewych" <baobab...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The previously reported cave swallows continue at the pond in the >> cemetery on Staten Island. They put in a brief appearance around 9:15am. >> The flock consisted of 10 birds and contained only cave swallows and they >> flew around and drank from the pond. A single tree swallow preceded them >> and did not associate with the cave swallows. >> Robert A. Proniewych >> -- >> *NYSbirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and >> Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail >> Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> >> *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> >> *!* >> -- >> > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
