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Late Summer Cedar Waxwing Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-08T04:38:31-05:00September 8th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, crane fly, flowering shrub, fruiting shrub, mosquito hawk, mountains, perched, serviceberry, shrub, summer, Tipulidae, Utah Serviceberry, waxwing, waxwings|

This morning I am sharing three late summer Cedar Waxwing images I took in late August in a canyon high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Young Cedar Waxwing With A Crane Fly Leg Problem

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-30T15:15:18-05:00August 8th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, crane fly, fledgling, immature, juvenile, legs, mosquito hawk, mountains, open bill, perched, riparian habitat, summer, Wasatch Mountains, waxwing, waxwings, willow thicket, willows, young|

This young Cedar Waxwing may look like it is yawning, calling, or begging for food because of its wide open bill.

Young Cedar Waxwing Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-30T17:22:34-05:00August 10th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, close up, crane fly, eating, immature, juvenile, legs, Morgan County, mosquito hawk, mountains, open bill, perched, portrait, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, waxwing, waxwings, young|

I was excited when I found this young Cedar Waxwing out in the open and within the range of my lens right after it caught a crane fly to eat for breakfast.