Cedar Waxwing Bird

AlittleSalt · March 28, 2016

There are a lot of these birds feeding on our Ivy berries today. I would guess around 50 of them. I tried taking pictures but my camera needs to be closer than they want me to get. Here's the link to the picture

https://www.google.com/search?q=bird...ve9KBY3V8jM%3A

henry · March 28, 2016

Very nice catch of the Waxwing.

ginger2778 · March 28, 2016

Gorgeous. I never saw one before.

AlittleSalt · March 28, 2016

It was my first time to see that many. Now there's purple poop on stuff under the trees. Yuck

PaulF · March 28, 2016

Most winters we have Cedar Waxwings feeding but this winter none showed up. We missed seeing them.

matereater · March 29, 2016

Saw my first waxwing about 3 years ago. I have a service berry tree near the road and they come by in the summer to eat the ripened berries, only time I ever see them. once the berries are gone so are they.

AlittleSalt · March 29, 2016

The birds ate all the berries yesterday, and there are no waxwing birds here today. A one day event.

Ricky Shaw · March 29, 2016

The waxwings were thinking the same thing about the berries.

Worth1 · March 29, 2016

I just read their habits and they sound like the Mongolian Hordes.

Worth

Ricky Shaw · March 29, 2016

Mischievous birds, 'camp robbers' is the general group term here. I think they're all in the jay family. We get Gray Jays and Magpies a lot.

ChiliPeppa · March 29, 2016

We used to see them when we lived on the coast. They would eat a ton of berries and apparently get 'drunk' and kamakazi into windows. Beautiful birds though.

KarenO · March 29, 2016

send them up

time for them to come and nest in the northern Boreal forests. Pretty birds. they make a lovely soft 'whistling' song. Not in the corvid family like jays etc. They are in the songbird (Passerine) group of birds.
KarenO

creister · March 29, 2016

I caught and banded a few in Houston when I mist netted birds for Harris county. This was about the time of year they and many other migrants would pass through. They are a very pretty bird.

Ricky Shaw · March 29, 2016

And I was thinking they were in the jay family, thank you.

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henry Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Midway B.C. Canada Posts: 311	Very nice catch of the Waxwing. __________________ Henry

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PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,284	Most winters we have Cedar Waxwings feeding but this winter none showed up. We missed seeing them. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

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matereater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: S.E. Michigan (Livonia) Posts: 1,264	Saw my first waxwing about 3 years ago. I have a service berry tree near the road and they come by in the summer to eat the ripened berries, only time I ever see them. once the berries are gone so are they. __________________ Steve Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult

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Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	The waxwings were thinking the same thing about the berries. Last edited by Ricky Shaw; March 29, 2016 at 12:05 PM. Reason: spelling and berries

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KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	send them up time for them to come and nest in the northern Boreal forests. Pretty birds. they make a lovely soft 'whistling' song. Not in the corvid family like jays etc. They are in the songbird (Passerine) group of birds. KarenO Last edited by KarenO; March 29, 2016 at 02:22 PM.

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ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Gorgeous. I never saw one before.

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	It was my first time to see that many. Now there's purple poop on stuff under the trees. Yuck

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I just read their habits and they sound like the Mongolian Hordes. Worth

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ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	We used to see them when we lived on the coast. They would eat a ton of berries and apparently get 'drunk' and kamakazi into windows. Beautiful birds though.

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creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	I caught and banded a few in Houston when I mist netted birds for Harris county. This was about the time of year they and many other migrants would pass through. They are a very pretty bird.