February Photo Challenge Day 21: color.
A Cedar Waxwing on the Cotoneaster, a photo I used as my 2019 Christmas card. I love the general muted look with touches of brightness. That’s a characteristic of the high desert. You have to listen more carefully for the color.
@gregmoore Yeah, I love everything about waxwings. They seem so dapper, but I've seen them get drunk on fermented berries and they take on a distinctly frat house look. I read that a sherriff's department in MN (MI?) was getting repeated calls one year about raucous birds, and they had to explain...
@cliffordbeshers That’s lovely — those subtle colours then the drops of red and that little lick of yellow!
