{"id":62752,"date":"2018-08-27T04:51:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=62752"},"modified":"2018-08-27T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:53:25","slug":"have-you-ever-seen-a-cedar-waxwing-with-a-topknot-head-plume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/27\/have-you-ever-seen-a-cedar-waxwing-with-a-topknot-head-plume\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Ever Seen A Cedar Waxwing With A Topknot (head plume)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neither have I (although\u00a0they do have a crest)\u00a0but yesterday\u00a0I found a waxwing that sure looked like it had a topknot of some kind.<\/p>\n

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Note:\u00a0Obviously this\u00a0is not a waxwing. That bird comes later.<\/em><\/p>\n

When I think of a bird with a topknot or head plume it’s usually the California Quail that comes to mind. Their plume hangs forward in front of their face and I always wonder why the males especially don’t go bonkers having to look past it constantly. I know I would. I guess they have no choice but to take it in stride.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning when I saw this Cedar Waxwing land on a faraway perch I immediately wondered what was sticking up from “his” head that looked like a\u00a0white plume. A\u00a0plume plus a crest,, <\/em>now that\u00a0would really be something!<\/p>\n

As soon as I located him\u00a0through my lens I realized\u00a0it was\u00a0an errant feather and I thought it made him look pretty silly. It reminded me a little of one of those historic Greek (or German or\u00a0even English) plumed\u00a0military helmets.<\/p>\n

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He took it with him when\u00a0he flew to another perch.<\/p>\n

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And when\u00a0he arrived\u00a0he was still sporting that dandy-looking headgear.<\/p>\n

Obviously these\u00a0photos aren’t works of art. But sometimes when I’m in the field and all tensed up after hours of trying to be quick enough to get little flitty birds in my viewfinder\u00a0a humorous character like this guy\u00a0can be a very welcome distraction.<\/p>\n

And this goofy-looking\u00a0waxwing provided exactly that – a welcome distraction.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

PS – I keep thinking about how irritating that feather must be. He must be able to feel it and know that something’s wrong up there but how would he ever reach it while grooming? I suppose he could do it with his feet – perhaps scratching at it is what made it stick up straight in the first place…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Neither have I (although they do have a crest) but yesterday I found a waxwing that sure looked like it had a topknot of some kind.<\/p>\n

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