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Pear Tree Waxwing
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Pear Tree Waxwing

by Howard Cheek

Category: AvianAdded August 6, 20081,577 views

Perching Birds

Keywords: birds waxwing cedar bombycilla cedrorum animals mammals wildlife nature masked smooth silky texas

Smooth, silky plumage, with "bandit mask" and wax-like droplets on tips of secondary flight feathers. Waxwings are small birds, but not tiny. The Cedar Waxwing is between the size of a sparrow and a robin..
Image Reference: Cedar WaxwingImage Format: Digital Capture - 3 to 5MPImage Crop: Less than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No