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Cedar Waxwing


Cedar Waxwing
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Copyright: Kris Kearns (kkearns) Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 47] (214)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-04
Categories: Birds
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC H9
Exposure: f/8, 1/800 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-13 3:56
Viewed: 413
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Smaller than a robin, the sleek, crested, brown bird with a black mask, yellow tips on the tail feathers and red or orange wax like tips on the secondary wing feathers.

Cedar Waxwings with orange instead of yellow tail tips began appearing in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada beginning in the 1960s. The orange color is the result of a red pigment picked up from the berries of an introduced species of honeysuckle. If a waxwing eats the berries while it is growing a tail feather, the tip of the feather will be orange.

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Hi Kris
very nice shot
you may crop )
well done
regards

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