Cedar Waxwing In the Act of Swallowing a Possumhaw Fruit

It was a wonderful find.

Thanks. It was a great find.

Danke, Mona.

I'd gone there to photograph the trees and their fruit but I quickly switched to the waxwings.

I'd set out to photograph the tree but I soon changed plans when I saw the cedar waxwings having a feast with the fruit.

That's how I felt.

By the time I went back the next day the flock of cedar waxwings had left the tree bare.

Thanks. This was definitely an image that excited me.

Thank you, Maria. I haven't often photographed birds, but this picture goes a long way to compensate for that lack.

Timing really made a difference on this one, Robyn.

Thanks for your appreciation.

I'll take any awards people care to dole out, Cliff.

Thanks, Michael. I'm a hundred miles south of you, in Austin, so you may also have seen this kind of bird and this kind of tree, though not necessarily together.

It was the possumhaw fruits that had attracted me, and then I found the bird as a bonus.

It was quite a sight, Felicia. I was in the right place at the right time.

I'm always up for a wow, Cecily. Thanks.

With a comment like that, Lyric, you can be my press agent.

I was fortunate to get the timing just right on this one as the bird swallowed one of the little fruits.