Cedar Waxwings

[Scottes]

CDS and I spent about an hour shooting several Cedar Waxwings on a trail at Parker River NWR. A couple of juveniles sat nicely on a branch for us, and even stayed there while we went back to the car for the external flashes. I still have to process those - it was a tough situation as they were deep inside some bushes.

It was a good thing that these beautiful birds were so nice to us - I got CDS up well before dawn and the place was empty of birds for quite a while. And then he kept running into the "Do Not Enter" signs which litter the refuge. He kept up a decent stream of cursing even as he walked past the signs and into the Forbidden Zones. The constant moaning kinda reminded me of this time we went to Monomoy and the complaints were non-stop and - oh, wait - that was me that time....


Back to the birds... I love Cedar Waxwings, and this was my 5th attempt at getting a decent picture. Either one of these pics was certainly worth waking up at 4:00 AM.


I wish that I had remembered to clone those two branches out...

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/CedarWaxwing_51646.jpg


Not too shabby for handheld, manual focus and 560mm of lens...

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/CedarWaxwing_51694.jpg

[scottbergerphoto]

Very nice. Natural looking.
Nice detail and color.
Scott

[ssim]

Very nice yet again Scott.

[cmM]

yea last time I attempted to capture birds in the wild is was cursing too...(to myself though).... Well at least you and CDS got pictures, I came back empty handed :cry: ...friggin woodpecker kept hopping around.

Awesome pics, Scottes !

[LazyPhotographer]

Congratulations... great shots and these little buggers don't like to be photographed!

By the way... I read the first line too fast: shooting several Cedar Waxwings on a trail at Parker River

It went into my brain as "shooting Cedar Waxwings at a trailer park" ... and I'm thinking, what the hell has CDS got you into now! Trailer Parks?! :lol:

[Chris1le]

Geat pictures of a beautiful bird. I just noticed them this year. They are kind of a pain to capture but then aren't all the birds that you want to photograph! :wink:

[marie]

lovely shots

as you mention the branches
in the first one it looks like the bird has a dragonfly on it's back waiting for lift off..
(for the bird to take 'lift off' I mean )
it's nice like that

of the two I prefer the first shot but both are terrific

8) :)

[CyberDyneSystems]

shooting several Cedar Waxwings on a trail at Parker River

It went into my brain as "shooting Cedar Waxwings at a trailer park" ... and I'm thinking, what the hell has CDS got you into now! Trailer Parks?! :lol:

No.. I usually insist that Scotte's dirve us some distance from my trailer befroe we break out the cameras... don't wnat my neighbors to know I keep all this pricey stuff in my vulnerable trailer.

Nice pics Scott! You finally got your Waxwing!

... I'm going to have to get some uploaded... I think I have a decent shot of the Phoebe.

[PhotosGuy]

Not too shabby for handheld, manual focus and 560mm of lens...

Pretty damn good!