{"id":12072,"date":"2019-06-05T06:25:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12072"},"modified":"2019-06-05T06:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:25:43","slug":"passing-the-petal-cedar-waxwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12072","title":{"rendered":"Passing the petal. Cedar Waxwings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"12071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=12071\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_2031\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?fit=904%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?resize=904%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?resize=904%2C723&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_2031.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I shared my best single shot of this courting pair of Cedar Waxwings offering an apple petal to each other&#8230;but I took more than 50 shots at 3 frames per second as they passed the petals back and forth several times while I watched. This is one sequence. (It reads left to right then down and left to right again.) I am not sure why the female is \u201cpuffed out\u201d but it seems to be part of the ritual. Laudholm Farms (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve) in Wells, Maine. Sony RX10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. 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