Waxwings

[kittykat23uk]

I love waxwings and we've had a bit of an influx recently:

 

Waxwing by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

Waxwing by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

Waxwing by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

Waxwing by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

Waxwing by Jo Dale, on Flickr

 

 

[JohnR]

Excellent photos, Jo. I still haven't seen one in the flesh.

[Tdgraves]

Excellent photos, Jo. I still haven't seen one in the flesh.

Me neither....

[kittykat23uk]

Thanks we are seeing a big influx at the moment. Keep an eye on twitter #waxwingsUK for news

[Towlersonsafari]

Lovely photos! Look in your local supermarket carparks! The only time we have seen them is in a Sainsburys-anywhere there are berries

[TonyQ]

@@kittykat23uk

A beautiful bird and stunning photos!

(I have never seen one)

[offshorebirder]

@@kittykat23uk - great photos Jo! I especially like the one showing the Waxwing in mid-gobble as it eats the berry.

 

I did not realize Bohemian Waxwings occurred in the UK - glad y'all get to enjoy them. Do they only come in irruption years or are they regular wintering birds?

[Towlersonsafari]

Hello @@offshorebirder I foolishly never realized they had a proper title-"bohemian" Waxwings-i was tempted to say they just do what they like and follow no rules but although some appear every year they don;t always turn up in numbers-so an invasion year-and lets hope this is one-is something very exciting! they can also be very confiding-hence their use of supermarket carparks-it would be interesting to ask if the north American ones are also bold-i have seen photos of a kid in the Shetland isles holding a branch out with apples stuck on them and waxwings feeding on the apples!

[janzin]

Gorgeous! We get Waxwings but not these... which we would call Bohemian Waxwings. Those are very rare in my area, only a vagrant in winter--I've only see one once. But we get Cedar Waxwings which are very common and almost as beautiful as these.