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What I meant, and I should have explained it a bit more carefully, is that if the sun is coming right over the top of your head with the birds walking to your left, if you sit down right on sun angle in one minute they will be walking away from the light and away from you. By positioning yourself to the left of the birds, slightly off sun angle, you can not only get a bit closer without scaring them but you will get to spend more time with them just in front of and right on sun angle. After they walk by you simply stand up, go past them, and repeat.