These guys can be crazy tame, and this individual allowed a close enough approach to create a few nicely detailed portraits as it twirled seeds around its tongue. They crush berries to get to the seeds inside, leaving the fruit pulp behind, hence their more often than not messy appearance.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/13, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, about 75% FF, some eye work.
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They did not appear to be. Although very approachable they were quite alert and flighty whenever the presence of a raptor or shrike appeared. I hope to one day witness that condition with berry-eating birds, I've heard that waxwings are especially susceptible to that.