I had some unexpected visitors yesterday as the sun was going down. I stepped outside and heard their song but didn't know where it was coming from. That feathered choir is not heard here very often.
After searching the backyard tree tops, I looked over top the house and found them on the high branches of a tree in the neighbor's front yard.

It was difficult to tell which species of waxwing it was but the sun's rays lit them enough for me to see their telltale crest. They flew in and out of the tree until a noisy truck came by and scared them off.

It wasn't until I loaded my photos onto the laptop and cropped them that I was able to tell that they were Bohemian Waxwings! This was a first for me. Waxwings have visited the mountain ash tree across the road but they were the Cedar species. When my photos were cropped I could see the wing patches and the cinnamon colored undertails.

They were in the tree top for about 10 minutes before being scared away. What a treat to see these 'royal' looking birds. 

I've planted some berry producing trees/shrubs in the backyard with the hope of attracting more birds like the waxwings. It will be a couple of years before they are mature enough to begin producing berries but when they do, I'm hoping that the waxwings will stick around for more than 10 minutes.

More photos at https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-an-Outdoor-Girl-1015659961820012/