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Waxwings

12/31/2012

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WAXWINGS, a beautiful bird that I have seen on several occasions going back over the last few years, but as of yet I haven’t been able to capture one by camera, which  is very frustrating. Last Sunday morning the 9th December, I received a phone call from one of my sons who happens to live at Elvetham Heath. He told me that a flock of WAXWINGS were feeding on berries approximately 200yards from his house. I drove there straight away and walked the short distance to the area where they had been seen.  Shortly afterwards a flock of nineteen WAXWINGS appeared on top of the clock tower at the community centre and I readied my camera in anticipation of perhaps at last getting a decent shot of the birds when they descended on the Rowan tree a few yards away from me, which was where they had been feeding. A few seconds later, the flock took off, but instead of heading for the tree, flew on around the houses and out of sight. Unfortunately they didn't return and haven’t been seen there since. So I'm still waiting for my first photo of a WAXWING, hopefully I will get one or two before they depart the UK.
On the 17th, I started my day at North Camp station, where WAXWINGS had been seen the previous day, but no luck they didn't appear, so it was off to Wokingham for another WAXWING sighting and this time I was in luck, they were there, perched at the top of an Oak tree and then flying across the road to a small Rowan tree to feed. And as luck would have it I managed to take a few photos as well, even though the light level was poor. On the 30th, I again managed to see a good sized flock of 35 WAXWINGS at North Camp station and again managed a few pictures. So at last I have managed to get some shots of a lovely bird and very satisfied I am. Lastly I wish you all a very happy, prosperous and good birding year for 2013.

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    Hi, I'm Roger Milligan. I have been interested in birds since I was a boy growing up in south east London, which was a long time ago. I now live in Farnborough, Hampshire.

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