Molting Cedar Waxwing

About 30 cedar waxwings were sitting at the top of a tree by Eagle Ridge disc golf hole #12.  Cedar waxwings are normally brown and yellow underneath. The fluffy white feathers look like molts.

These birds live year round in the Chicago area.  They like fruit, and one flew to a nearby berry bush and was eating berries.

This picture was taken about an hour before sunset in what would have been golden hour, except it's been raining, misty, and cloudy all day. A relatively high ISO of 2500 was used, and also bumped exposure +1 EV since was shooting against the gray sky.