Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedorum

"The cedar waxwing is a dapper seven- to eight-inch bird with a slender crest ... It is brown above and lighter yellowish buff below. A black mask above the beak and through the eyes adds to the rakish, debonair look, as does the yellow band on the tip of the tail."

I saw no waxwings the winter of 2006-2007. There are more the winter of 2007-2008.

Photo taken with a Nikon D80 using a Nikon 200mm, f/4.6 lens.

March 8, 2009.