TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Alert Cedar Waxwing Cedar Waxwing- Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing- Bombycilla cedrorum, Order Passeriformes, Family Bombycillidae. This is the first that I've been able to photo document Cedar Waxwings in 2004. Note the yellow tail tips. These birds were found in Hamilton, Ohio on a beautiful late October morning. (Photo: Oct 24, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 400mm f/5.6 L lens) For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Cedar_Waxwing.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.