A few of my favorite things #6

Cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum).  Forged on the velvet anvil from the strongest silks imaginable.  Painted in subtle hues and bejeweled with the humblest splashes of color.  Such beauty stands equaled only by the personality that imbues each of them with the spirit of an intimate.

A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a branch (2010_04_10_052813)
A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a branch (2010_04_10_052709)
A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a branch and looking down (2010_04_10_052828)
A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) looking closely at me (2010_04_10_052766)
A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a branch (2010_04_10_052681)
A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a dry reed with a crane fly leg hanging out of its beak (2010_04_10_053334)

[the last photo shows a crane fly leg hanging from the bird’s beak; it flew right to me to pluck the insect off the lens hood; these birds are not only gregarious and docile, but they’re curious and friendly if you sit still long enough]

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