Cedar Waxwing Sitting In Her Nest.

This nest is located not 30 feet from the kingbird's nest I posted earlier, and this one only six feet off the ground. Pretty cool spot within 15 minutes from home that I will keep a better watch on in the future - plus it is away from crowds:S3:. Anyhow, this nest is currently active with four young ones growing and staying hungry. Itès such a privilege to watch!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/7.1, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, full-frame, some reflection clean-up in the eye, a couple of small bright spots on the BG removed.

Oh this is lovely Daniel! Techs and processing are great. Love the view of the tail - the yellow pops very nicely. Hope you get some sick shots of the chicks :bg3:

I like the shot, except for the branches intersecting the head. Everything else looks good to me.

Hope you get other opportunities.

TFS

Looking good. Like the pose on the waxwing and the fact it's in a nest is neat. The vertical framing was a nice choice.

This looks great. a very intimate and authentic (i.e. in-habitat) view of this slick little bird. Frame feels a bit bottom heavy to me with the bird and nest so low, but I'm sure you had a reason for it. Amazing you have two sweet nests in your yard!

What a crazy good opportunity you had with these 2 nests!
I love the intimate view and the tail in the BG.
I like your crop very much.
I did not notice the branch intersecting with the head until I read Krishna's post. So now that I do see it, I wish it was not there but not a big deal!
Gail