Cedar Waxwings: Kennebunk, Maine, USA — I have been watching for the Cedar Waxwings for a few weeks now. I was sure they were somewhere around town, but they have not reached our neighborhood. This time of year they are still in their big flock. Later on they will disperse into smaller feeding groups as the crop of berries still on the ornamental cherry trees and various vines diminishes. Winter berries are not sweet enough to attract them until after several freezes…freezing concentrates the sugars the same way it does in the grapes used for “ice wine” in Germany. I actually went out looking for them yesterday, hoping I would find them at Roger’s Pond Park where there are both ornamental cherries and the vines they like. They were not there, but on my home I found them (or they found me) in the trees along the street by the Rotary Club Park by the bridge over the Mousam River right in downtown Kennebunk. There 30 to 40 birds, flying back and forth across the river repeatedly and settling a few at time in the cherry trees. I, of course, have photos 🙂 In this shot you can see the “waxwings” on one of the birds. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.