Bird Watching: Waxwings returning for the harvest., 1 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:
This afternoon I returned to the library lawn not really expecting to see any Waxwings. To my surprise there were more than yesterday, possibility up to a 1000 at times. The noise from the city buses and some trucks would cause large number to fly up and circle around, then return to feed. At times there were Waxwings all around me, both flying and feeding. There were always a few birds staying behind feeding, when the flocks flew up, because of the noise. They didn't pay much attention to me, would land in trees above my head. The trees were nearly striped of berries. So, today they were cleaning up the pieces of berries which had fallen to the ground, as well as the few remaining on the trees. A row of trees, in plan sight, a block away was red with hanging berries, but not a single Waxwing was feeding there. Unfortunately, the light was only slightly better today.