Cedar Waxwing - Coquitlam, BC

​Summer cousin to the Bohemian Waxwing, this airbrushed bird is a summer resident at Colony Farms in Coquitlam. There were 5 or 6 pairs moving between the Red Elderberry bushes along the Coquitlam River this afternoon. These birds are the epitome of understatement, with the soft trill, the silent wing beats, all topped with the soft gradual coloring of these masked bandits.  They are fruit eaters and social which brings large flocks together in the fall in the berry trees.