Bombycilla cedrorum

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Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, at the A&M Tract on Pelican Island, Texas.

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 May 2007 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/250s f/9.5 at 800.0mm iso400.

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Pelican Island? I used to wadefish there. I'm sorry I missed seeing all the neat birds.....

The picture was taken at Texas A&M U - Galveston, and its a bird in a tree. The last time I was on campus, 12 years ago, the school was pretty barren. The landscaping the school did must have worked!