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Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

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Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Cedar waxwing Waxwings Perching birds Birds Chordate Animals
Cederpestvogel Pestvogels Zangvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Bombycilla cedrorum Bombycillidae Passeriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Little Talbot Island State Park, Jacksonville

2014:01:31 20:26:01
Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F4.0, ISO 250, distance 11.89 m

The waxwings often fly in groups, but capturing that is something else. I think this turned out nicely, neatly in a row in a bush.

East Landmark Place

2023:03:27 08:27:04
Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
OM-1 with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 1600, distance 9.97 m

Colonial Park, Somerset, New Jersey

2013:12:02 15:12:01
Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/800 sec at F3.5, ISO 320, distance 7.94 m

The small group of cedar waxwings also came near the stream. I was standing on a bridge, and one species after another, new to me, came to pose. Pretty special.

Colleyville Nature Center

2019:01:26 10:47:59
Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
NIKON D500 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/640 sec at F5.0, ISO 280, distance 10.00 m

Where I have seen this species

The database holds 17 pictures at 6 locations. Click a dot for the place and date; use + and − to zoom in and out, and drag the map to move around.

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Waxwings

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