Another strange bird
Feb 4, 2012 18:02:04 #
Was a terribly ugly, heavily clouded day here yesterday. Saw this beautiful bird land in a tree in my yard and grabbed the D90 just in time to snap off 2 very quick shots before he flew away. These images are cropped and I increased the saturation a tough to help reflect the true colors I saw. A tiny but superbright splash of red on the wingtips and a very bright yellow on the tip of the tail. Rust colored head with a black bandits mask across the eyes, black beak, and a yellow belly. Size-wise it was between a sparrow and a robin. Anyone out there who can identify this one for me?
Feb 4, 2012 18:28:24 #
Feb 4, 2012 18:36:27 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Was a terribly ugly, heavily clouded day here yest... (show quote)
OH, joy!!! It's a Cedar Waxwing. Oh how I wish they'd come to my yard more often. They only come when it snows. Thanks for sharing these. Luckeeeeeee!
Feb 4, 2012 18:42:39 #
Tomphoenix wrote:
Cedar Wax Wing,
Yup. The males have the red spots. Very handsome birds.
Feb 4, 2012 18:49:52 #
One of my favorites!!!!! see them here in the summer, fun to watch them try to pull strings off the tomato cages. Hang bits of yarn for them too!
Feb 4, 2012 18:50:45 #
Beautiful bird, wish it would have stayed around longer. This has been a mild winter here, we usually have very few bird species spending the winter, but there are lots of them around this year it seems.
Thanks for the ID, I have never been good with birds, mammals are my field.
Thanks for the ID, I have never been good with birds, mammals are my field.
Feb 4, 2012 18:54:42 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Was a terribly ugly, heavily clouded day here yest... (show quote)
Here is another waxwing
Feb 4, 2012 19:38:48 #
Feb 4, 2012 19:40:34 #
mollymolly wrote:
Very nice photos of a beautiful little bird.
Thank you, but the photos are pretty bad really. I doubt I could print them over a 5x7 size at all.
Feb 4, 2012 19:52:08 #
MT, I would add that this is a "cold" Cedar Waxwing the this one is puffed up.
When I see them here in Round Rock, the weather is milder and they look more the size of Olderguys shot.
It's a cool looking bird, that color with a touch of black, white,red & yellow.
Pat
When I see them here in Round Rock, the weather is milder and they look more the size of Olderguys shot.
It's a cool looking bird, that color with a touch of black, white,red & yellow.
Pat
Feb 4, 2012 19:54:56 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Thank you, but the photos are pretty bad really. I doubt I could print them over a 5x7 size at all.
mollymolly wrote:
Very nice photos of a beautiful little bird.
Thank you, but the photos are pretty bad really. I doubt I could print them over a 5x7 size at all.
Waxwings like crap apples in the winter or spring before the tree blossoms, they like mt. ash berries as well. They usually come in flocks, clean off the trees and then move on
Feb 4, 2012 19:59:31 #
Jay Pat wrote:
MT, I would add that this is a "cold" Cedar Waxwing the this one is puffed up.
When I see them here in Round Rock, the weather is milder and they look more the size of Olderguys shot.
It's a cool looking bird, that color with a touch of black, white,red & yellow.
Pat
When I see them here in Round Rock, the weather is milder and they look more the size of Olderguys shot.
It's a cool looking bird, that color with a touch of black, white,red & yellow.
Pat
Thanks Pat,
I did a search online after I had a name and found this sample. They are a beautidul bird, will have to look for them this spring when I am on the river shooting the eagles.
Feb 4, 2012 20:05:50 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Was a terribly ugly, heavily clouded day here yest... (show quote)
Really nice shot. So lucky to live out west. You all have the most beautiful and colorful birds in the country. I''ve always wanted to see a wax wing up close but never have. Thanks for sharing.
Feb 4, 2012 20:08:11 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Thank you, but the photos are pretty bad really. I doubt I could print them over a 5x7 size at all.
mollymolly wrote:
Very nice photos of a beautiful little bird.
Thank you, but the photos are pretty bad really. I doubt I could print them over a 5x7 size at all.
Any photo of a beautiful animal is nice. They may not be like the photos you usually post, but I still like them.
Feb 4, 2012 20:21:00 #
Love Cedar Waxwings. Several years ago when I worked at BSA camp, at the horse barn, we found one just sitting on the ground. We were afraid a horse would stomp it accidentally, so we scooped it up and took it in the barn. He later flew out after resting a bit and sat in the mulberry tree there and ate some berries. Never did figure out what was going on with him, but it was a neat experience. The nature director there and I both thought that maybe he had become overheated as it was over 100F that day and just was stunned from the heat. Gorgeous birds
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