Waxwing in Apple Blossoms

Cedar Waxwing, Magee Marsh, Ohio

I have watched this tree bloom at Magee Marsh for years, during the Biggest Week in American Birding, and I always hoped to catch an interesting bird in it. This year I caught several. This is a Cedar Waxwing, and the bird was busy eating the petals of the flowers…a behavior I have never seen before, and something I did not know any bird did.

Sony RX10 iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. 1/800th @ ISO 100 @ f4. Processed and cropped for scale in Lightroom.

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