Birdman! Name that bird?
Hi HD...
Sorry for the slow response...but I missed your thread...
Yes...PomMom is right. These are indeed Cedar Waxwing. (As you can probably guess...they have that name because it really does appear that the tips of their wings have been dipped in wax.)
These are "very beautiful" birds. (To see the soft browns and yellows, with that black mask in good light...is simply amazing).
These birds are actually in greater numbers than folks realize. They're not usually noticed because they're typically high up in trees, and when they fly overhead...they just appear to be any other kind of "dark bird" flying over. But just yesterday...I noticed about 30 of these birds as they flew over in 4 different flocks. In flight most folks will mistake these birds for the much hated "European Starling", because they do seem similar in flight. (It takes a bit of a "bird geek" to tell them by their flight pattern, but if one listens closely they have a "very, very" high pitch call note as they fly overhead. They're probably also making this high pitch sound when they're in your fruit tree...but it can be a bit hard to pick the sound up...because it's just that high pitched.)
WONDERFUL BIRD...
PS: I'll be birdwatching in Duluth, Minnesotta in a couple of months and hope to see a cousin of this bird. It's called the "Bohemian Waxwing".
Sorry for the slow response...but I missed your thread...
Yes...PomMom is right. These are indeed Cedar Waxwing. (As you can probably guess...they have that name because it really does appear that the tips of their wings have been dipped in wax.)
These are "very beautiful" birds. (To see the soft browns and yellows, with that black mask in good light...is simply amazing).
These birds are actually in greater numbers than folks realize. They're not usually noticed because they're typically high up in trees, and when they fly overhead...they just appear to be any other kind of "dark bird" flying over. But just yesterday...I noticed about 30 of these birds as they flew over in 4 different flocks. In flight most folks will mistake these birds for the much hated "European Starling", because they do seem similar in flight. (It takes a bit of a "bird geek" to tell them by their flight pattern, but if one listens closely they have a "very, very" high pitch call note as they fly overhead. They're probably also making this high pitch sound when they're in your fruit tree...but it can be a bit hard to pick the sound up...because it's just that high pitched.)
WONDERFUL BIRD...
PS: I'll be birdwatching in Duluth, Minnesotta in a couple of months and hope to see a cousin of this bird. It's called the "Bohemian Waxwing".
BIRD PIMP'EN AIN'T EASY!!!
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