After 1.5 years I finally saw a cedar waxwing. Actually, there were several of them together on a pine tree. Juveniles are lighter in color and it takes about 2 years before they develop the wax-like bright wingtips seen on one of these birds. These birds were on a tree just off Detour Road. (CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE). One photo has three of them in it if you look closely.
The hummingbirds have returned and we finally had a male (ruby colored throat patch) at one of our newest hummingbird feeders.
Although we see turkey vultures circling up high every day it's rare to get too close to them on the ground but I was able to snap this picture off Milo School Road when I saw him take off from whatever he was eating and land near the road. They have no feathers on their head which may protect them from whatever diseases lurk in the carcasses they help in disposing.
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