{"id":141220,"date":"2023-08-16T05:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T11:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=141220"},"modified":"2023-08-16T07:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:35:22","slug":"a-curious-juvenile-cedar-waxwing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/16\/a-curious-juvenile-cedar-waxwing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Curious Juvenile Cedar Waxwing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago I was trying to photograph birds in a very large mixed flock of songbirds in the mountains without a lot of luck. Most of them were in, or close to, a large serviceberry bush at the bottom of a hillside below me and they were pretty far away so I was mostly frustrated as I watched so many potentially interesting photo subjects that stayed just a little too far out of my range.<\/p>\n

But suddenly one of the Cedar Waxwings, a juvenile, broke the mold.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

“He” flew up the hillside toward me and landed near the top of a small chokecherry bush only a few feet away. He had absolutely no interest in the berries, he was only interested in me. He just stood there with his eye on me, barely moving for long enough for me to get as many photos as I wanted.<\/p>\n

The only pose variety I got from him was when he…<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

stretched his body vertically as far as he could, apparently in an effort to get a better look at me. After holding this pose for a few moments, he’d seen all he wanted to see so he…<\/p>\n

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took off away from me, flew back down the hill and rejoined his companions at the serviceberry bush.<\/p>\n

Out of at least 75 birds in the mixed flock, including Yellow Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, Western Tanagers and Cedar Waxwings, he was the only bird that came in close to me in the 20+ minutes I was there.<\/p>\n

At least there was one.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – If you prefer, here’s a horizontal crop of the first photo. And yes, there’s a double catch light in his eye. There are actually three of them but at this low resolution one of them can’t be seen. I decided against removing any of them but if I had it would have been the smaller one at the upper left of his eye.<\/em><\/p>\n

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At least there was one. (4 photos)<\/p>\n

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