Chris and Tweeters,
The wings, back, and tail were blue/black. The brown areas (head, chest,
neck, etc) were quite gray/brown. The most dramatic effect came from the
white eye ring (?, really it is more than an eye ring; don't know the
appropriate term); it was as wide as the black eye mask area and completely
surrounded the mask. In fact, I had to look hard for the mask, as the white
was so striking and seemed to overpower the black mask area. Overall when I
compare what I saw to the Peterson illustration, the bird I saw was much
more vividly marked.

Cheers
Gail

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Maack <73201.3124 at compuserve.com>
To: INTERNET:tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 3:53 PM
Subject: Cedar Waxwing


Gail Spitler wrote:
>I also got my first ever view of an immature CEDAR WAXWING. It seemed far
more different from the adult than the picture in Peterson suggests.
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Gail, can you expand on that for us? What were the differences?
Thanks.

Chris Maack
Anchorage, AK
CMaack at compuserve.com