Waxwings again

Fro the past few days I have been hanging pieces of apple up in a bush in the garden in the hope of attracting Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus (N=sidensvans). Today one bird, an adult, discovered the apples and spent much of the late afternoon feeding on them. Snow and poor light made taking pictures very difficult, so apologies for the quality of the ones shown below.

An adult Waxwing. Adults have characteristic white "hooks" on their wings, a well as clear yellow marks and the red waxy tips shown in the photo (which give it its vernacular English name waxwing).

Here you can see an outstretched wing. The bird on the left is a Great Tit (Parus major)

 

The Waxwing spent some time on the ground eating bits of apple that had fallen. But it ignored the sunflower seed put out for smaller birds

 

Waxwing feeding on apples, whereas the sunflower seeds attract other birds including a Siskin (Carduelis spinus) in the foreground with a Great Tit (Parus major) to its right, and in the background two Mealy Redpolls Carduelis flammea flammea.