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Bohemian Waxwing / bombycilla garrulus. Carrington, Nottingham. 14/01/17.
My third day of watching Waxwings in Carrington. Just two seen although ten reported earlier.
This individual was filling up on Rowan berries that looked well past their sell-by date! An irony was that lower down, on the edge of the tree there were still numerous sprays of fresher berries - more nutritious for the Waxwing I would have thought, far prettier for image making too. (Frustratingly, Redwings and Blackbirds were eating those, just NOT the Waxwing! It was possibly hell bent on getting tipsy from eating fermented fruit.)
This image shows the Waxwing's bulging crop quite nicely.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The pink membrane under the lower mandible was starting to stretch with the weight of the berry cache, a phenomenon I have never noticed before.
Bohemian Waxwing DSC_5119
Bohemian Waxwing / bombycilla garrulus. Carrington, Nottingham. 14/01/17.
My third day of watching Waxwings in Carrington. Just two seen although ten reported earlier.
This individual was filling up on Rowan berries that looked well past their sell-by date! An irony was that lower down, on the edge of the tree there were still numerous sprays of fresher berries - more nutritious for the Waxwing I would have thought, far prettier for image making too. (Frustratingly, Redwings and Blackbirds were eating those, just NOT the Waxwing! It was possibly hell bent on getting tipsy from eating fermented fruit.)
This image shows the Waxwing's bulging crop quite nicely.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The pink membrane under the lower mandible was starting to stretch with the weight of the berry cache, a phenomenon I have never noticed before.