Waxwing Invasion...Snow Bath!

Konrad___far_north

13 years ago

It was too bad, I was at work, these pictures my wife made with her Canon power shot SX30 IS..

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beegood_gw
13 years ago
Well your wife sure took great pictures. I had a huge flock of them at my place this afternoon as well.Took a few pix but nothing that compares to this
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bandjzmom
13 years ago
Absolutely amazing pics!!! Oh, I think that I would faint if I got to see this! Thanks so much for sharing!!
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taigen_gw
13 years ago
Aren't they just amazing birds!! I just love them, your shots are wonderful. It is a shame you didn't get to see them in person but she did an great job photographing them.
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weave
13 years ago
Konrad,,Those are some beautiful shots!!! I just got the same camera in Dec. Just curious how far away were the shots of the single birds? Did you have to p s them? Great shots again!! Dan
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claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
13 years ago
All great, and the elegant, dignified shots are as good as any I've ever seen. But I absolutely love the shots of the waxwings squabbling on the ground, totally destroying their dignified image.

Claire (who also just got the SX30 IS)
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beegood_gw
13 years ago
I just got this camera as well and boy is there a lot to learn. What settings were used for these pix? I really have no idea and the book is hard to figure out. I am technically challenged.
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Konrad___far_north
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you all!
These pics. were taken hand held, about 14 feet away, some are further 20 feet with auto setting, about 35x - 50x zoom, no cropping, only the fourth pic. was photo shopped a little, rest of the photos are out of the camera. She prefers no photoshop.
At this time of the year when fruits are fermented, birds get a bit tipsy and you can get pretty close.
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gymell
13 years ago
Wow, that's amazing! The Bohemians have really invaded!
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deanie1
13 years ago
Your wife did a great job! What beautiful birds, thanks for sharing them with us.
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terrene
13 years ago
Wow - Waxwings are such beautiful birds! Great pics especially for a point & shoot. What are those red berries they are after and what other fruits do you have for them this time of year?

I love to watch birds take baths, and they seem to like the puddles along the roads around here. But I worry that there are salts or other possibly harmful chemicals in the water?
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Konrad___far_north
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you all!
Terrene, your're right about salt etc. and Oil from cars. At that spot my car is parked....glad I changed to a newer vehicle some time ago.

These Bohemian Wawings are very resourceful when in comes to food.
I have seen them eating buds off the trees. On my Linden Tree they were eating the dry seeds. In the park they were eating russian olive seeds/fruit a couple of years ago. Now of course there is allot of crab apples and Mountain Ash, [red berries in picture].

Konrad
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rachel_frome_ky
13 years ago
Bird heaven!! I've never even seen one before
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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
13 years ago
Great shots, Konrad. Thank you and your wife. That last shot of them squabbling shows they can be eruptive while irruptive. ;-)

tj
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janie_may
13 years ago
FABULOUS PHOTOS!!!!!!
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rachel_frome_ky
13 years ago
I've posted this thread link on Twitter several times already (I'm "rachelbirder" on Twitter)
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anna_lisa
13 years ago
great picture Konrad
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lizbeth_pa
13 years ago
Wonderful shots of the waxwings! Never saw one around here. I sure would love to! Thanks so much for sharing!
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litholad
13 years ago
Thank you for sharing. Incredible pictures!
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kenn3d
13 years ago
Hi Konrad,

What a great series on the Bohemians! Our compliments to your wife's shooting... #4,5,&6 are outstanding.

We have a flock of Cedar Waxwings here now and are getting some good shots of them, but we never get to see the Bohemians.

thanks for posting these,

Kenn
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pertgarr
13 years ago
Those are really great pictures!!! You can almost hear them squawking in the last one.
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lizbeth_pa
13 years ago
Wow! Awesome sight! I've never seen cedar waxwings here in my area of PA before! Thanks for sharing!
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