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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: dbellilo on June 13, 2011, 11:27:58 AM

Title: Cedar VS Bohemian
Post by: dbellilo on June 13, 2011, 11:27:58 AM

A hearty thank you to Alvan & Reuven for politely correcting me. Thanks to them, I've become a waxwing master and will am in that spirit posting two mediocre-at-best photographs! A cedar w.w. from yesterday at the L. Spit, and a b. waxwing from April 11 in Richmond Hill! Why not? I'm delighted to have learned that I can easily differentiate by looking at the UNDERTAIL feathers - white for the cedar, rust/orange for the bohemian. Also, the breast/belly color is rather different! Huzzah, etc. and thank you again
David
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2741/wixwo.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/148/wixwo.jpg/)
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/8994/boho.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/boho.jpg/)

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Post by: Rob'in'To on June 13, 2011, 02:24:27 PM

Nice ones David.

I've yet to see a Bohemian Waxwing.

And I am always trying for my one great pic (to me anyways) of a Cedar Waxwing.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on June 13, 2011, 04:47:37 PM

Quote from: "Rob'in'To"

Nice ones David.

I've yet to see a Bohemian Waxwing.

And I am always trying for my one great pic (to me anyways) of a Cedar Waxwing.

they catch you by surprise. its happened to me a few times...you hear their whispering and you turn around and one is on a branch at eye level.  and check your PM, sir

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Post by: denis on June 13, 2011, 08:15:27 PM

nice bohemian david,and one i havent got yet.

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Post by: Reg on June 13, 2011, 09:08:17 PM

Beautiful pictures, haven't seen a Bohemin yet.
reg

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Post by: dbellilo on June 14, 2011, 09:07:57 AM

Thanks, folks...
Hey now! I saw cedar waxwings yesterday at Col. Sam; I suppose it's their time of year...
Huzzah one and all
D.B.

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Post by: Whittam on June 14, 2011, 10:14:41 AM

Good catch to differentiate these two beautiful birds!  Does anyone know do Cedar Waxwings stay in the GTA all winter?  or do they migrate?

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Post by: Reuven_M on June 14, 2011, 10:24:42 AM

They mostly migrate, but you can sometimes see them in winter in big flock.