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Feb 5, 2012 10:26:29   #
normanhall Loc: Leslie Missouri
 
it reminds me of a young cardinal but the beak it the wrong color.

Very nice image

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Feb 5, 2012 12:50:07   #
CAM1017 Loc: Chiloquin, Oregon
 
Tomphoenix wrote:
Cedar Wax Wing,


Cedar Waxwing for sure! "Birds of North America" Pg 344.
The plate in the book even shows the red on the tip of the wing which you can see in your photo.
Good job!

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Feb 5, 2012 13:36:42   #
healthydogs
 
olderguy wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
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



...and they evidently find flies to be rather tasty as well!

one fly down, one to go!
one fly down, one to go!...

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Feb 5, 2012 15:00:48   #
gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand
 
MT Shooter wrote:
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?
Was a terribly ugly, heavily clouded day here yest... (show quote)


great shots, one of my favorites

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Feb 5, 2012 17:14:17   #
burns Loc: Southern Idaho
 
MT, used to see them at my uncles place in Fort Benton in the summer

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Feb 6, 2012 00:44:40   #
Raymond Loc: Portland Oregon
 
Cedar Waxwing

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Feb 8, 2012 01:32:51   #
foto4eyes Loc: Amity, OR
 
olderguy wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
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?
Was a terribly ugly, heavily clouded day here yest... (show quote)

Here is another waxwing
quote=MT Shooter Was a terribly ugly, heavily clo... (show quote)


What a beautiful shot!

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Aug 10, 2013 19:40:42   #
Pictxterowner 3 D sbs
 
I put the two photos side by side because they are so similar. The tree is in perfect 3 D after I match the size. The bird is too but the wind is not my friend.
There is no need to look, the feathers are just to far off for that.
I have asked 3 users so far to process there 2 alike photos into 3 D and reload on there topic because they were within the normal parameters.
One said no one yes and one wait.
You have to many topics to look at right now but your photos are very good.
So many of the best multiple photos on this sight were taken with a tripod.
They turn, zoom in and out for various photos without ever moving it.
Those only make a flat 2 d photo.
If you remember the day you took these photos then you know how far you moved.
About the 3 others, one was reposted in 3 D one waits and the "no" was deleted.
So if you get a private message one day asking and you don't respond that's what will happen.
I can't get a bird shot from two angles without wind interference.
I'll never own one camera capable as yours, surely never two I could sit side by side for a synced shot.
Sony don't make a 200 + mm 3 d camera either lol
I could never buy it if they did.
Do you know anybody that owes two cameras/tripods and shoots exotic birds photos? I think that's all I had on my mind, happy shooting :) ~Pictxterowner~

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Aug 10, 2013 19:45:47   #
Kerryanne Loc: Wyoming
 
healthydogs wrote:
...and they evidently find flies to be rather tasty as well!


Cedar waxwings, they get drunk from the fermented berries in the fall...had lots of people bring me the birds because they thought they were hurt...nope just drunk...usually better the next day and I could release them, and they could actually fly and not hit the ground....:)

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Aug 10, 2013 19:49:05   #
Kerryanne Loc: Wyoming
 
Cricket wrote:
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
Love Cedar Waxwings. Several years ago when I work... (show quote)


He was drunk from eating fermented berries! I used to get lots them, people would think they were hurt...nope just drunk...by the next day they were sobered up and I could release them....not many people know they have a fermented berry problem!!! AA! LOL!

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Aug 10, 2013 19:52:19   #
Kerryanne Loc: Wyoming
 
Kerryanne wrote:
Cedar waxwings, they get drunk from the fermented berries in the fall...had lots of people bring me the birds because they thought they were hurt...nope just drunk...usually better the next day and I could release them, and they could actually fly and not hit the ground....:)



Cedar WaxwingCedar waxwings will sometimes pass berries to one another as they perch in a line on a tree branch. Occasionally a cedar waxwing will become drunk or even die from eating berries that have fermented. The cedar waxwing will also eat sap, flowers and insects. They occasionally wait for an insect to fly by and then take off after it and catch it in the air.

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