Waxwings

Well I know I have said this in previous posts, but this really was a surprise.

I got a text message on Wednesday from a friend saying he had Waxwings in a tree behind his house, luckily I had the day off work so you can imagine I was straight there.

The last time I saw Waxwings was back in January 2009 and was miles away and took hours to find them, I have never seen Waxwings near where I live and haven't heard reports of sightings of them in years.

The only downer on this amazing opportunity was the only tree with a few berries left was in a shaded corner, but you can't have everything.

Here are the shots I got.

And finally a close up portrait.

All photos taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm

Hope you liked the shots.

Going good so far, hope I can keep this up.

Mike.

Waxwing

Can't begin to tell you how many places I have been to in the hope of seeing one of these birds, so this weekend very determined and after a couple of trips out and 240 miles of driving we managed to see some.

In fact we managed to see something in the region of 80, never seen one until today now I have seen 80+.

Here are some shots I managed to get, again shot at ISO800 due to very poor light conditions.

Hope you like them..

All photos taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm @ ISO800.