fishyone Senior Member  465 posts Likes: 6 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Iowa More info | Sep 16, 2006 20:30 | #1 The name of this bird seems to have escaped from my mind. There were quite a few of them this morning enjoying themselves.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. www.creationspraise.zenfolio.com/
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BlueDeuce "I don't say anything witty"  3,752 posts Likes: 60 Joined Feb 2005 Location: Cent. Fl. More info | Sep 16, 2006 21:27 | #2 Some sort of waxwing but I will leave it others to narrow it down since I have never seen one.
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cfcRebel Cream of the Crop  10,252 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX More info | Sep 16, 2006 21:55 | #3 They look like Cedar Waxwing to me. The other in #2 maybe juvenile waxwings? Fee
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KeithR Goldmember 2,856 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Blyth, Northumberland, NE England More info | Sep 16, 2006 22:22 | #4 Certainly a waxwing, but without knowing where they were photographed, it's hard to say which kind - they could be cedar or bohemian ("european") waxwings.
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ZipDude66 Goldmember  1,794 posts Joined Oct 2005 Location: Finger Lakes Region of N.Y. More info | Sep 16, 2006 23:01 | #5 Looks like Cedar Waxwings to me also and the striped ones are juveniles. I have been after a juvie shot the last couple days. Zip
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AnthonyJHowe Cream of the Crop  6,935 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: Rhos-on-sea UK More info | Sep 17, 2006 02:34 | #6 Cedar waxwing I agree. Love the first shot where the bird is holding back the head to swallow it's dinner. And it's good to see a few of them in the second shot including the juveniles. Canon 5D + Canon 20D + Canon EOS 300
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Sep 17, 2006 12:52 | #7 Thanks for the id's. These were all taken in Iowa. I don't often see them around here. www.creationspraise.zenfolio.com/
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KeithR Goldmember 2,856 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Blyth, Northumberland, NE England More info | Sep 17, 2006 13:22 | #8 Cedar it is then!
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SindriSkulason Cream of the Crop  10,403 posts Likes: 13 Joined May 2005 Location: Iceland More info | Sep 17, 2006 13:25 | #9 I would say Cedar Waxwings as well. Best regards
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CyberDyneSystems Admin (type T-2000)  More info | Sep 17, 2006 13:26 | #10 |
ngannet Goldmember  3,164 posts Joined May 2005 Location: NJ More info | Sep 17, 2006 13:27 | #11 Nice shots, how cool to see so many in the tree in the second shot! RESPECTING NATURE while photographing it...
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swollen Member  47 posts Joined Jan 2006 Location: Gaithersburg, MD More info | I think that those Cedar Waxwings are actually eating the berries from a Cedar tree!!
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PaulA Cream of the Crop  More info | Sep 17, 2006 15:33 | #13 swollen wrote in post #1998889  I think that those Cedar Waxwings are actually eating the berries from a Cedar tree!!  I guess if they were Bohemian Waxwings they would be wearing turtlenecks, or berets, or the like, right? boo, hiss. GearList
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