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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Capercaillie71" data-source="post: 1331082" data-attributes="member: 32437">Don't forget the photos in my previous post are reduced to only 800 pixels across, so there isn't a lot of detail there.  I was counting at the original resolution of 3872 pixels across, so it is clearer which blobs are leaves and which were waxwings.  The trees in the second photo certainly had a lot of leaves near the top, but I took account of that (See original resolution below).  If you want I can email you the originals <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I'm hopeless at estimating bird numbers in the field.  Whenever I've compared my field estimates with photos the estimate is usually about 2/3 of the actual number.  I took a number of similar series of photos of these trees while I was there, but each time I noticed that there were significant numbers of birds feeding down in the cemetery at the same time.  However, when I took this particular series of 4 photos I couldn't see any birds feeding, so I was confident I had the whole flock.  Although a small number of individual birds were flying in and out of trees (you can see some of them on the photos) there were no significant movements of birds between the 4.  I remember this particular series clearly because it was the only time I turned the camera on its side (for the 2nd photo). I don't know, I didn't see anyone there with recording gear.  I was there from about 1.45 to 2.15.  Green/blue Paramo jacket 100-400mm DSLR zoom. There was an older guy in a suit with a bigger lens and a young couple with bins, but they were the only other birder types I saw.</blockquote>

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