{"id":109866,"date":"2023-01-27T04:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=109866"},"modified":"2023-01-27T04:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:47:32","slug":"winter-cedar-waxwing-in-a-crabapple-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/01\/27\/winter-cedar-waxwing-in-a-crabapple-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Cedar Waxwing In A Crabapple Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the overnight snowfall two days ago I was able to photograph this Cedar Waxwing feeding on ripened crabapples along with loads of robins<\/span><\/a> and starlings.<\/p>\n

\"CedarCedar Waxwing with a crabapple \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 500, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I had heard Cedar Waxwings<\/span><\/a> at the crabapples in the past. This was the first time I had the pleasure of photographing them feasting on the fruits of the trees. I wish the waxwings had dropped down into the snow to eat the red crabapples. The waxwings I saw stayed in the branches of the trees.<\/p>\n

This waxwing had a juicy red crabapple in its bill. I remember tasting crabapples when I was a child and as I recall they weren’t all that tasty to me. The ones I tasted were never this ripe and that might make a difference.<\/p>\n

\"WinterWinter Cedar Waxwing in a crabapple tree \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 500, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

After eating the crabapple the Cedar Waxwing gave me a great view of it from behind. Because this waxwing lacks the red tips on its wing feathers it might indicate that this waxwing hatched last year.<\/p>\n

I liked that there was still snow on the branches of the crabapple when I photographed this waxwing.<\/p>\n

\"CedarCedar Waxwing with a bill full of snow \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 500, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cedar Waxwing pushed its bill into the snow several times to get a drink of water while I took images of it. In the winter I have seen several bird species exhibit this behavior.<\/p>\n

It was enjoyable and fulfilling to take these photographs of the Cedar Waxwing at this location in these crabapple trees after waiting several years to do so.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Cedar Waxwing photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the overnight snowfall two days ago I was able to photograph this Cedar Waxwing feeding on ripened crabapples along with loads of robins and starlings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4597,709,26],"tags":[4004,5552,4599,6577,4598,6969,8565,6962,6667,7672,12646,4104,4018,4050,8018,5916,4600,373],"class_list":["post-109866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-cedar-waxwings","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bill","tag-bombycilla-cedrorum","tag-branches","tag-cedar-waxwing","tag-crabapple","tag-crabapple-tree","tag-crabapples","tag-fruit","tag-fruits","tag-malus","tag-perched","tag-sky","tag-snow","tag-urban","tag-waxwing","tag-waxwings","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cedar-waxwing-bill-snow-mia-mcpherson-9711.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-sA2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78323,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/01\/25\/winter-american-robins\/","url_meta":{"origin":109866,"position":0},"title":"Winter American Robins","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"There is a skiff of snow on the ground again this morning and it has reminded me that I should look for winter American Robins feeding on crabapples today.","rel":"","context":"In "American Robins"","block_context":{"text":"American Robins","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/thrushes\/american-robins\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"American Robin looking for crabapples in snow, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/american-robin-in-snow-mia-mcpherson-6863.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/american-robin-in-snow-mia-mcpherson-6863.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/american-robin-in-snow-mia-mcpherson-6863.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/american-robin-in-snow-mia-mcpherson-6863.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":109842,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/01\/26\/winter-american-robin-in-a-crabapple\/","url_meta":{"origin":109866,"position":1},"title":"Winter American Robin In A Crabapple","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"After an overnight snowfall I drove to a grove of crabapples. I photographed this winter American Robin perched in one of the fruit bearing trees in low light.","rel":"","context":"In "American Robins"","block_context":{"text":"American Robins","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/thrushes\/american-robins\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Winter American Robin in a crabapple, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/american-robin-crabapple-mia-mcpherson-1297.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/american-robin-crabapple-mia-mcpherson-1297.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/american-robin-crabapple-mia-mcpherson-1297.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/american-robin-crabapple-mia-mcpherson-1297.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63755,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/02\/06\/european-starling-on-a-snowy-winter-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":109866,"position":2},"title":"European Starling On A Snowy Winter Day","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When this European Starling perched in a Crabapple tree close to me during the snowstorm I was able to get a few photos of it before my hands started to hurt from the cold.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"European Starling perched in a Crabapple tree, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/european-starling-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-6792.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/european-starling-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-6792.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/european-starling-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-6792.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/european-starling-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-6792.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60138,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/11\/cedar-waxwing-eating-ripe-chokecherries\/","url_meta":{"origin":109866,"position":3},"title":"Cedar Waxwing Eating Ripe Chokecherries","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days ago I was up in the Wasatch Mountains and heard a Cedar Waxwing near some chokecherry trees and once I spotted the waxwing I waited until I could get a clear shot of it with a chokecherry in its beak.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cedar Waxwing eating chokecherries, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-eating-chokecherry-mia-mcpherson-3191.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-eating-chokecherry-mia-mcpherson-3191.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-eating-chokecherry-mia-mcpherson-3191.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-eating-chokecherry-mia-mcpherson-3191.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52946,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/07\/06\/an-ear-full-of-cedar-waxwing-photographs\/","url_meta":{"origin":109866,"position":4},"title":"An “Ear-full” of Cedar Waxwing Photographs","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Since a flock of waxwings can be called an \u201cear-full\u201d of waxwings I thought I'd share a group of Cedar Waxwing photos I have taken over the last month in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains east of Salt Lake City.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cedar Waxwing with dark background, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-adult-mia-mcpherson-3333.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-adult-mia-mcpherson-3333.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-adult-mia-mcpherson-3333.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-adult-mia-mcpherson-3333.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54320,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/09\/27\/immature-cedar-waxwing-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":109866,"position":5},"title":"Immature Cedar Waxwing in the Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been trying for over a month to get decent images of fledgling and juvenile Cedar Waxwings and hadn't succeeded but yesterday I was able to take a photograph of an immature waxwing that I actually like.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Cedar Waxwing, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-immature-mia-mcpherson-8702.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-immature-mia-mcpherson-8702.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-immature-mia-mcpherson-8702.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-waxwing-immature-mia-mcpherson-8702.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}