Songbirds

Cedar Waxwing holding up a service berry before eating it at Black Lake Meadows

Young Cedar Waxwing with one red wax tip on each wing

Juvenile Cedar Waxwing holding juicy crabapple

Adult Cedar Waxwing with four red wax tips on secondary feathers of each wing

Flock of Cedar Waxwings perched in red alder tree outside our kitchen door, with juvenile at the top

Molting adult crossbills and a juvenile perched on a snag at Scatter Creek

Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow among blackberry vines at Violet Prarie

Red Crossbill perched in tree near watering hole at Scatter Creek

Older Cedar Waxwing with six red wax tips on wings

Curious Western Wood-Pewee in an Oregon White Oak

Juvenile watches an adult male get pinecone seeds from a Douglas Fir on San Juan Island

Juvenile Red Crossbill watches small flock of adult crossbills at Scatter Creek

Juvenile flies to top of Douglas fir on San Juan Island

Adult waxwing with crabapple

Red Crossbill flock gather at the top of a Douglas Fir at Violet Prairie

Ruby-crowned Kinglet taking a break from looking for insects in bigleaf maple tree

Cedar Waxwing with ripe crabapples on a native crabapple tree at Nisqually NWR

Cedar Waxwing holding a berry from a serviceberry tree at Black Lake Meadows

Crossbill adults and juveniles from a large flock at Violet Prairie fly between Douglas Firs

Male Yellow Warbler with insect for feeding fledgling

Western Wood-Pewee at Scatter Creek

Crossbills gather at the top of Douglas Firs at Violet Prairie

A female finch drilling into a red apple in the backyard

Getting ready to swallow crabapple

Adult male (red) and female (yellow) with juveniles on snags

Cedar Waxwing at Black Lake Meadows perched on serviceberry tree

Brown-headed Cowbird fledgling being fed by male Northern Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler fledgling 4 days later

Robin with crabapple

A flock of crossbills flys between Douglas Fir trees at Violet Prairie

Golden-crowned Kinglet female looking for insects in Nisqually forest

Juvenile Red-crossbill watches male adult getting seeds from Douglas Fir pinecone

Adult carrying ferns for nest building at Nisqually

Adult male Northern Yellow Warbler in Nisqually forest

Adult male feeds a Douglas Fir pinecone seed to a juvenile on San Juan Island

Juvenile Cedar Waxwing and two adults perch in red alder tree outside our kitchen door

Fledgling Northern Yellow Warbler waiting to be fed

This marsh wren was singing cheerfully from the cattails along the water at Nisqually.

Two Cedar Waxwings share a berry at Nisqually

Fledgling Yellow Warbler watching out for father to bring him an insect

Molting adult Red Crossbills and a juvenile from a small flock gather on a snag

Juvenile waxwing swallowing crabapple whole

Brown Creeper · Nisqually NWR

Northern Yellow Warbler 4 Days older

Three Cedar Waxwings eating unripe berries from a red elderberry bush

Slightly more mature Yellow Warbler 4 days later

Female crossbill with juvenile at watering hole in Scatter Creek

Swainson's Thrush is often found on red elderberry bushes with ripe berries

Tucked among the elderberry, where the ripening fruit will soon feed the southbound migration.

An elderberry in the bill — Swainson’s Thrushes eat insects, berries, and soft fruits