Lin, I love the Cedar Waxwings too. I am just crazy for their markings, I like their body style too. We seem to have them all winter here but I don't catch them all that often with my camera. We overfloweth with Chipping Sparrows!
Bluebirds are cool & we have a ton of them. They bomb the birdbath en masse in the summer. All the fledglings as well as the adults. Things get so crazy they are lined up on the carport roof waiting for an opening at the bath in the afternoons. They get going so nuts that we can count on 2 hits on the window each afternoon. So far no fatalities thank goodness but it makes a thump that makes you cringe. They just get flying so wildly! Often the window will be dripping with water from where they smacked into it or narrowly missed it by the water flung from their bodies as they grazed the window.
I saw something today that made my heart drop.
3 Brown Headed Cowbirds; 2 females & 1 male. They were at the feeders. I know they are known to be here but I sure hope they are just passing through my area & don't plan to set up house here.
The shadows just make it too hard to tell what it is. The image is crisp & clear though Melanie; it's just those darn shadows.
I haven't been able to attract them in the three years we've been in this house.
