We had over 3000 cranes fly over the house or nearby yesterday. They were coming in waves from abour 4h00 to 5h30 in the afternoon so I photographed them all & then counted them afterwards. It's a lot easier than guesstimates. So I thought, that would make a good quiz. NO CHEATING! You have to look at the photo for about 10 seconds & then write down how many you think there are. Answers later, unless you want to do what I did & count them on the screen, in which case don't pass on your results!!
16h31 Quite a long way off
16h32
16h38-1
16h38-2
16h39
16h40
16h45
16h50
16h52
17h23
17h53 it's getting dark now
& an easy one, flying smack overhead, a lot of them came overhead but I had to wait until they were going away to get them all in the viewfinder!
Have fun, it's good practice for the real thing!
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Just logged on & there`s a test! ok.Have scrolled back down.I do groups of 8 in this size flock.At least x 10 allowing for larger middle blob. 80 odd ?
Very good Edge, you've done this before, assuming that was for the first one!
Hazel, I won't be counting the Cranes, sorry!, but I do envy you the chance to see all those fantastic birds! And I imagine they make quite an amazing sound as well, if one can judge by the noise made by only 3 Cranes flying over WWT Slimbridge in the summer!
Kind regards, Ann
As you say they make a lot of noise, no problem identifying them! Our neighbour came out & said "it's a sign that winters coming" & of course we had a chuckle because they fly over every Autumn & what comes after Autumn?? Winter!
How fabulous HinNH, but the nearest I can get at this time of night is ..............Lots!!
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Forgot to say - What a wonderful sight,Hazel.Am most envious.
edit. Have a go at the last pic,Wendy :-)
Eight & three quarters plus three halves!! Lol EB
Fail. Cranes...in France are - Metric. :-)
Nothing in my old world is metric ... Imperial to the end!! Anyway, I've got a cold, think that might be a French variety!!
Ooohh…a quiz.I’ve been trying to guestimate numbers of Geese flying over so this may help to see how accurate (or inaccurate) my attempts have been. My guesses are as follows:
16:31 = 80
16:32 = 100
16:38-1 = 90
16:38-2 = 70
16:39-1 = 50
16:39-2 = 70
16:40 = 60
16:45 = 140
16:50 = 60
16:52 = 60
17:23 = 70
17:53 = 80
Easy one = 12
Grand Total = 942 (ish)..!!
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