{"id":8379,"date":"2026-01-17T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=8379"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:22:21","slug":"favorite-spot-for-cedar-waxwings-and-bluebirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/favorite-spot-for-cedar-waxwings-and-bluebirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Spot for Cedar Waxwings (and Bluebirds)!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was walking along  the shoreline around dulaney valley bridge taking some duckie pics (for another post) and started  thinking, hmm,  it&#8217;s about the time of year I came across a whole bunch of waxwings.  I started scanning the trees carefully looking for them &#8230; bam, there they were!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3565.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3565.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1600s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8376\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3565.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8376\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3283.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1768\" data-lbwps-height=\"2651\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3283.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1000s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1768\" height=\"2651\" data-id=\"8375\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3283.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8375\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3575.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1713\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3575.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1250s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1713\" data-id=\"8377\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8377\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3598-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2523\" data-lbwps-height=\"2814\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3598-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1250s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2523\" height=\"2814\" data-id=\"8378\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3598-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8378\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a post from the previous time I came across them <a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/cedar-waxwings-from-2022\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/cedar-waxwings-from-2022\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were lots of bluebirds too, all feasting on berries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3606.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1599\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3606.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1250s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1250&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1599\" data-id=\"8366\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3606.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8366\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3619.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1066\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3619.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/800s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1250&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8367\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3619.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8367\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3627.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1599\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3627.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1250&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1599\" data-id=\"8368\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3627.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8368\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3642.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1066\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3642.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1250&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8369\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8369\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3660.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3660.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/500s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8371\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3660.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8371\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3671-10.25.18-AM.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1066\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3671-10.25.18-AM.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8372\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3671-10.25.18-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8372\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3675.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1599\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3675.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1599\" data-id=\"8373\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8373\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3677.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3677.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8374\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260116_Z8MAS__DSC3677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8374\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was walking along  the shoreline around dulaney valley bridge taking some duckie pics (for another post) and started  thinking, hmm,  it&#8217;s about the time of year I came across a whole bunch of waxwings.  I started scanning the trees carefully looking for them &#8230; bam, there they were!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/favorite-spot-for-cedar-waxwings-and-bluebirds\/\">Continue reading &#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Favorite Spot for Cedar Waxwings (and Bluebirds)!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[126,24],"class_list":["post-8379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-birds","tag-dulaney-valley-bridge","tag-loch-raven-reservoir","ratio-3-2","excerpt"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8381,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8379\/revisions\/8381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}