Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Hungry visitors
It is that time of the year when a birdwatcher, if careful, can catch a waxwing at the holly berries. They, the berries, are something like fine wine and have to be frozen and thawed and then frozen and then brought to the exact correct temperature before the birds will begin to gorged. The waxwings share with the robins.
Below was taken at an angle through a hazy window, because that cold weather just did not make me eager to stand with camera in hand and attempt to quietly get close enough to them. They are shy if I go out the front door and if they fly away, there is no telling when they will return. I would be a popsicle by then.
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Wow photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the berry info.
I always wondered why the cedar waxwings mob crabapple trees with dried berries. Starlings use to cover the wild grapes in the hedgerow in late winter.
We’ve been watching a robin eating our holly berries. I haven’t been able to get a photo though.
ReplyDeleteThey are connoisseurs, and you caught the moment beautifully.
ReplyDeletethe same routine for feeding is going on here. I had B waxwings in my yard today.
ReplyDeleteAll the red berries have been stripped here but I only saw robins and nary a waxwing, sadly.
ReplyDeleteSplendid pictures. I always wish I could photograph birds outside but I never manage to do so.
ReplyDeleteAmazing photos!
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that a morning spent with American Robins and Cedar Waxwings is about as good as it gets. It works for me every time!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the waxwings come through here yet. Usually they only stay a couple of days before moving on. No robins either which is weird because I had robins year round when I lived in the city. Only seen them once in the 14 years I've been out here and that was last year when a whole big group of them came and stayed for weeks.
ReplyDeleteI have my first bird feeder and love watching the birds who come to eat.
ReplyDeletejust lovely.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images Tabor. The Cedar Waxwings are my favourite.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your birds, Tabor! Have always had a soft spot for Cedar and Bohemian waxwings.
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