Backyard Visitors

We had some unexpected visitors in our backyard today.  As far as I can remember, I’ve never seen cedar waxwings in this area. We always  get lots of the bohemian waxwings, who love to eat the mountain ash berries, but I was thrilled to see the cedars today.  They were splashing in the puddles left on the lawn by the sprinker, and seemed to be so happy to have some water.  They are such social birdies, it was party time by the pool!  It made my day to see these beautiful birds with their exquisite markings.  (My apologies for the less than stellar photo, I didn’t want to scare them off by being to intrusive.)