Mystery Bird: Bohemian Waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus

I want to say a cedar waxwing, but it seems plumper. Maybe a juvenile?

The waxwings descend on us late in the year, and clear out all the yaupon berries. Since they're coming from the north, I assume they nest somewhere up yonder.

It's an extremely beautiful photograph of a Bohemian waxwing, not cedar.

They're greyer than cedars, cedars don't have that white stripe on the wing.

Here's a cedar waxwing for comparison.

Waxwings are among my favorite birds, as they sport a well-groomed, immaculate appearance that's directly opposite of my own appearance :)

Bohemian waxwing. Besides the white on the wing and the "grayish belly" (rather than the cedar waxwing's "warm brown" and "pale yellowish belly"), there's also this bird's "rufous undertail coverts" (rather than the cedar's "whitish undertail coverts") (Sibley).

Bohemian Waxwing! Cedars have a yellowish belly, and no white on the wings.

Bohemian waxwing, for the reasons stated above me.

dhogaza - you're trying to confuse us with that photo, aren't you?

Ah yes, a Bohemian waxwing.

I, too love waxwings for their silky good looks. And for their charming behavior, as well. Who could not love watching them pass berries from one to another and another and another...? So well behaved, and so unlike the other birds I watch feeding in my serviceberry.

The feathers are as silky to the touch as they are to the eye, and the wax nubbins themselves, an enigma.

Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Dutch; Pestvogel

Larger and greyer than cedar,
cedars have a yellowish belly, and no white on the wings.