The second wave...........

It was so cold today our door froze shut.................


But at least there was another movement of Waxwings into town..................

The top one is a Japanese Waxwing and the one below is a Bohemian Waxwing.

The Japanese have a red tip to the tail and a yellowish stomach, the Bohemian has a yellow-tipped tail and more colourful wings with a white patch. There are other differences too of course but the previous pointers should be enough to clinch ID.............

They were on a very busy street...................

They were very restless but a couple of times they came to trees near where I was standing.............

They were about a 100 or so: mainly Japanese but there were a few Bohemians mixed in.

It was bitterly cold as I stood waiting................

It was snowing most of the time but I managed to last a couple of hours before the threat of frostbite drove me home..................

Hope this flock sticks around a while.................