I have never photographed cedar waxwings. So when I was out shooting with my friend David Archer and we spotted a flock, I was so excited!

David had lent me his Nikkor 800mm PF lens to play with, which I was using on my Nikon Z9. For some of the shots, I also attached the Nikkor Z TC1.4x converter, making it a 1250mm effective focal length! I was shooting at ISO 1600, 1/2000, f6.3. With the converter on, that jumped to 1/1000 at f9.

It was so much fun watching these beautiful birds swoop in and out, gobbling up berries as fast as I could fire the shutter! Here are a few of my favorites…