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Bombycilla cedrorum
These birds' most prominent feature is a small cluster of bright red feathers on the wings. The tip of the tail is typically yellow or orange and adults have a pale yellow belly. Immature birds are streaked on the throat and flanks, and often do not have the black mask of the adults.
Open woodlands
Spotted on Jun 17, 2008
Submitted on Feb 5, 2012
3 Comments
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar...
Mitch ,according to this link, the red dots are missing on Cedar wax wings,sometimes.
Yes, both Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings have small clusters of red feathers on their wings, but because of the location of this photo (Northern Pennsylvania, USA) I strongly suspect it is a Cedar Waxwing.
Mitch,if it has cluster of red feathers on the wings,do you think that it could be Bohemian Wax Wing?