While walking back to Reynold’s Landing on July 4th, a flock of Cedar Waxwings were busy in the Rabbitbrush. These colorful birds have tail feathers with yellow tips and some secondary feathers with a hint of red — that is the red “dot” in its wing. They have a really distinctive black mask and a crest.
These small birds, about 7 inches long, came pretty close to us, so they were relatively easy to photography. Also, they hung around the Rabbitbrush for a half-hour.
I like this bird, looking out from the bush.
Cedar Waxwing generally eat berries. However, in this image, the bird had caught a bug; the bug can be seen in its bill.
Here is another waxwing. There is one bird in the bush behind and another one (blurry) in flight in the background.
As we left the patch of Rabbitbrush, I noticed on Cedar Waxwing landing a nearby tree’s branch that served as a perch.
The was a really fun experience to see the flock of all the Cedar Waxwings.