The Record-Breaking Migation - a photo on Flickriver

The Record-Breaking Migation

            of Cranes / Graue Kraniche (Grus grus) happened on Friday 17th on November.
Never before have more cranes been counted on their migration over Hesse in one day. The crane migration experts counted 104,600 birds on this day. 
Unfortunately, I only caught 186 of them in this picture while they were circling and using the thermals over the city to gain more height for their onward flight to France and Spain.
The following night the temperature was only 1°C, the coldest this autumn so far. 
I wonder how they knew?

Today (28th Nov) I saw another flock of about the same size in the afternoon but it was already too dark to take a picture of them and again the coldest nights so far with -3° to -7°C will follow.

Obviously they weren't that sensitive to the cold so far but now it's high time even for them to travel to warmer climes!

Goodbye until you come back next Spring ;-))
   

Taken in: Germany / Hesse / Frankfurt am Main / Nordend-West (show map)

Taken on: November 17, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, 400mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
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White Balance:	Auto
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.5 (Windows)
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