When winter comes, sometimes we are left with some apples on our tree
that didn't fall off.
Every year it seems in ONE day...
we get a huge flock
of
Cedar Waxwing birds
that fly in
and eat them almost all off in one day!
They are very pretty birds and so noisy chattering and fighting with each other
as they fight for position
to eat these frozen apples:
I love their colorful tail tips and the crests on their heads:
And of course their face "masks":
Busy, busy, busy!!:
Aren't they pretty?
But they aren't very good at sharing!
They must have missed that lesson that day in Kindergarten:
Although the two on the right seem to be waiting in line for the other two to give them a turn
at this apple!:
So handsome!!:
Holy Head Crest, Batman!:
He must have told his barber to "take just a little off the back and leave the toupee alone":
About 50 flew in and within an hour or two,
all the apples
were gone....
and so were they.
I was so happy to happen to be home and to notice them
so I could get some shots of them!!
We won't see any around here again until early summer!
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