A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Bombycilla cedrorum
A treat to find in your binocular viewfield, the Cedar Waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, gray, and lemon-yellow, accented with a subdued crest, rakish black mask, and brilliant-red wax droplets on the wing feathers. In fall these birds gather by the hundreds to eat berries, filling the air with their high, thin, whistles. In summer you’re as likely to find them flitting about over rivers in pursuit of flying insects, where they show off dazzling aeronautics for a forest bird.
11 Comments
Thanks António and LandmarkExpert
real pretty series
Great Tom,beautiful series,congrats and thanks for sharing
Thanks for all the comments! These waxwings are great little birds.
Very nice and beautiful.
Wonderful!
Beautiful series
Lovely series..
Lovely series, and this spotting could also go in the Hunters and Animal Feeding Behavior mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8463...
Thanks Yuko, I like the way these came out.
Superb series! Truly beautiful!