Cedar Waxwing on Winterberry
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Lovely pic
Thank you, Glenys!
Well captured, Eliza! This is a lovely photograph.
Thank you very much, Anne!
Wonderful capture!
Thank you kindly, Cindy! x
Beautiful image! I envy your being able to capture images of your visitors. I’ve managed to capture a few, but none of the images are that good. I have a backyard full of mockingbirds, robins, blue jays, doves, blue birds, cardinals, sparrows, squirrels, an occasional opossum, and chipmunks. They all run about freely until I get a camera, then nothing. The goldfinches in the front yard are even worse. Recently, I finally managed to sneak up on a chipmunk.
https://earthsunfilm.com/chipmunk-paparazzi/
Thank you, Jerome. One has to be quite stealthy (and have a telephoto lens) to get a good capture. They spook easily, their survival depends on it.
Lovely photograph!😍😍
Thank you!
Lovely shot!
Thank you, Ellen!
I miss the waxwings when I lived in park city, utah years ago 🙂
They are magnificent birds and fun to watch.
I had both the Bohemian & Cedar at the feeder the lord had a special paint brush when creating those birds ❤️️
Amazing capture! It’s beginning to look like Christmas 🎄🍒
Yes, indeed, coming in fast. 🙂 Thanks, Karen!
Beautiful shot, Eliza, of the Cedar Waxwing in action. I love seeing all those bright red berries, though my enthusiasm for them probably is more than matched by the bird’s reaction to them.
Thank you, Mike. The fruit eaters (robins, bluebirds and waxwings) devour these berries. I think I need to plant more!
Ok, now that is awesome!
🙂 Thanks, Gary!
This is winter! Love the bright, red in contrast to everything else. Exquisite!
Thank you very much, Maria! x
Beautiful image, Eliza…
You timed it perfectly 🙂
Thank you, Sreejith! 🙂
Absolutely wonderful
Thank you, Derrick!
This appears a good year for winterberries in the landscape…at least until the waxwings devour them all. 🙂 Lovely shot, Eliza!
Thank you, Steve! Yes, those berries are quite popular and disappear fast.
Wow. Nice capture!
Thank you!
Magnificent photo! The colors are sp perfect. Nice snack! (Reminds me of us & the Roasted Garbanzos). Winterberries are so beautiful… there are a few bushes near the pond area, behind our house, but I would never cut them (not our property). Cedar Waxwings have been a favorite bird of mine, since I was little, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.
Thank you, Alice. In summer, we get them along the river, where they nest and can be seen kiting for insects from overhanging branches. They form nomadic flocks in winter, so are seen only occasionally. Winterberry is a big attraction, I recommend planting a few (a male and as many females (up to 20) as you want in a 40′ radius). If you plant it, they will come! 😉
A fabulous shot. It would make a lovely Christmas card.
Thank you – great idea!
Nice picture. Wish I had more of these in my yard!
Thanks, they are lovely birds! Zee-zzee!
Great shot, and it reminds me I need to order more winterberry so thanks for the reminder. Happy Sunday, Eliza. It’s December, and it’s white here. 🙂
Thank you, Judy. I want to order more as well, the birds (robins and bluebirds, too) eat all mine in a matter of weeks and they rarely make it to Christmas for decorating. I don’t mind, I do garden for wildlife, but a sprig or two for an arrangement would be nice!
Beautiful image Eliza! Love the red berries, especially the one in the bird’s beak!
Thank you, Reed! It is lovely to see them, such a pretty bird.
I had some Waxwings in my yard this week. I thought it was too early to eat the berries, as the birds usually eat them a couple of months from now.
Once the fruit is gone here, we don’t see them again, they are opportunistic!
That’s the moment isn’t it? Great capture and such a fantastic looking bird!
Thank you, Allison. They are among my favorites, such a sleek look to them. 🙂
Beautiful capture! We are lucky that this bird stays around all year.
Thank you, Hien! So long as we have fruit to eat, they stick around. They seem to be nomadic, once the fruit is gone, they are off to find it elsewhere.
Such a great action shot 💝
Thank you, Val! 🙂
Ooooh! Now you’re including beautiful birds in your arrangements. 😀 Beautiful shot, Eliza.
Thank you, Robin! 🙂
You definitely were in the right place at the right time to capture this shot, Eliza!!
Thank you, Debbie. This was in my yard, I am lucky that I looked out and saw them. They gobble up the berries fast!
Eliza a magnificent photo shot at the right time: I love it. The bird is beautiful and the red berries remind me of Christmas. Take care. Very affectionate greetings from Margarita.
Gracias, Margarita!
Wow, what a picture!! Amazing. And very Christmassy, – if there is such a word.
MJ
Thank you, MJ – it is a word I use, so it works for me! 😉
What a beautiful bird
Thank you, Karina. One of my favorites, it has the finest of feathers, making it look almost velvety, and that mask, wow! 🙂
Very nice!
Thank you, Belinda!
Beautiful photo of one of my favorite birds! They visited one year and I’ve always wished they would return.🙂
They are fruit eaters and love crabapples, grapes, winterberries, etc. They are nomadic this time of year, exhausting a food source, then moving onto the next. Hope they visit you again sometime!
That’s like a Christmas card picture
Thank you, Alison!
A wonderful capture, Eliza. Sadly, I didn’t see any cedar waxwings here this year as all but I suspect the death of our Toyon, usually berry-heavy during their passage through this area, may have accounted for that.
Thank you, Kris. We see them more during nesting season than this time of year, so it is always a treat when they visit the winterberry.
That’s a calendar picture right there.
Thank you, Alicia! 🙂
so very beautiful 🙂
Thank you, Karina.
Love this photo Eliza and adore these birds. Haven’t had them visit much at our current garden since we removed hedges of holly. They used to eat all the berries within a day.
Thank you, Susie. Those birds eat voraciously!
woah nice! cedrick!
Thanks! I’m glad you remember our little Cedric!
I’ll trade ya (as we used to say when we were kids):
https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/cedar-waxwings-and-possumhaws/
🙂 Nice!
What a strikingly handsome bird – it is complemented by the scarlet berries. It seems so sudden that winter has happened (although of course summer has happened where I am).
Thank you, Carol. And the solstice is only 11 days away, when the day lengths change for us once again. The ebb and flow of seasons.
Oh my – solstice so soon!
Perfect!!!
Thank you, Harold!
So beautiful, Eliza!! ❤
Thank you, Donna!
Love this.
Thank you, Jill. They are such pretty birds.
Oh wow, how beautiful! What a lovely pop of red against the grey. ❤
(Sorry I missed this before!)
Thank you, Joanne! 🙂
Great capture Eliza! Did it come with friends? I’ve seen these in flocks.
Yes, there were probably a dozen. They made quick work of those berries!
Thanks, Denise!