{"id":9159,"date":"2016-08-02T06:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=9159"},"modified":"2016-08-02T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:54:10","slug":"curiosity-thy-name-is-cedar-waxwing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=9159","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity, thy name is Cedar Waxwing :)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cedar Waxwing, Day Brook Pond, Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area, W. Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

Curiosity, thy name is Cedar Waxwing (to paraphrase (or misquote) Shakespeare), but honestly, I can think of few birds that look as continuously curious as the Cedar Waxwing. It might be the hairdo, or the angle of black mask, but Cedar Waxwings always seem intently interested in whatever has their attention. This one was hunting teneral dragon and damselflies along the shore of Day Brook Pond on the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area near our home in Kennebunk Maine. Freshly emerged odonata seem to make up a good portion of a Cedar Waxwing’s diet, at least this time of year.<\/p>\n

Though you have to enlarge the image to see it, this shot has an impressive amount of feather detail. The superfine feathers of Cedar Waxwings make a really good test of a camera’s resolution. Sony RX10iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. 1\/250th @ ISO 125 @ f4. Processed and cropped slightly for scale and composition in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

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