Cedar Waxwing

Gallery: AvianPosted July 24, 2015382 views7 comments

This juvenile Cedar Wax Wing was feeding with a group of six others that, when I returned from some errands two hours later, had striped these bushes bare of their berries and shut this scene down for the year. I'm sure there were more than six birds in on the feast while I was gone, but I was amazed how quickly they picked it clean. Hopefully I'll get another opportunity this fall.

Canon 5Dii, Canon 400 2.8 w/ 1.4 ext. ISO 200, 1/500th @ f5.6. PP LR4

Thanks for looking and any comments you would care to share.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 24, 2015 at 4:58 PM

Hi Neil

The feeding action is vary nice and the background makes the Wax Wing stand out.

Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 24, 2015 at 7:26 PM

Beautiful, Neil. I love that golden bg and the fall color of the leaves. The berry in the beak is always cool.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 24, 2015 at 7:35 PM

Really nice work with this backlit subject Neil and love the comp and framing on the perch and stems.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 24, 2015 at 7:58 PM

Very nice look at this WW juvie Neil. I've never seen one here, they just pass through on their migration..

I especially like the berry-n-beak & those golden tones are lovely devil

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Morris on July 24, 2015 at 11:40 PM

I love the light and the colors in this Neil. The berry really helps out as well. I wish the branch on the right wasn't there, but overall a great image.

Registered on January 23, 2015, 38 Posts, 104 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 25, 2015 at 1:38 AM

An elegant shot in nice light. The leaves left of the bird didn't do you any favors and I might be tempted to selectively pull them down a little. But a pretty wonderful image as posted.