Bird Watching: Daily Pics_ Page 1, 1 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:
I've been trying to get pictures of Bohemian Waxwings all winter. There was a sever snow storm when the mass migration went through. They strip the berries from Mountain Ash trees and move on. When the storm ended, most of the birds had left. This afternoon I looked out the window, and saw a small flock in the top of a big Cottonwood tree a block away. I had to get out the binoculars to identify them. I walk over and took a few pictures. The white on branches is hoar frost, from last nights ice fog. Their real beauty is in the very fine red and yellow markings on the wings. But, standing below them perched in the tree top, there was no hope of the angle I wanted for the shot. This is the best I could do.