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Cedar Waxwings.........

12 years ago

We get them occassionally in the yard, more often in the woods later in Summer when the berries are out. This pair stopped at a tree next to our deck on Saturday and posed for awhile. One of them kept calling, not sure if they had fledglings around, I didn't see any but you never know.

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deanie13
12 years ago
What a great picture -- they sure do look like they were posing for you.
lisa11310
12 years ago
Great capture!I have had as many as a dozen around my pond. One pair is nesting somewhere near here but I haven't found where. I don't think they are in the tree they used last year.
We have been planting berries for the last few years and they are becoming regulars. Before that they were a rare sight for me.Way cool birds!
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Yes she did! It seems they stick around for several weeks/month until flock disperses for breeding,.. still lots of Crab Apples, Mountain Ash, High bush Cranberry, Chokecherries, Russian Olive etc. around, they might even pick off new buds on trees. Only had ones a nest in the backyard around 25 years ago in a little spruce trees about 4 foot up, now that tree is HUGE. Have never seen the Cedars here in winter, they soon will be returning and I will see usually several nest out on the hobby farm, [above pictures] planted several hundred spruce trees from seeds. Hardly ever see Bohemian nest,..I'll have to ask them where they go.
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Finally saw our first waxwings this week in our blueberries. To me, the arrival of waxwings in southern Il seems strange. I associate the waxwing as a northern bird. However, they don't arrive here till mid June and stay sometimes two or three months before disappearing. Most birds migrate through here much earlier and stay a month at the most. We also are enjoying our towhee every single day as he visits the ground surrounding our feeders. I only see one though. We are fortunate to have loads of cardinals; and, yesterday, he spent a good half hour chasing one particular female around. I think the poor lovelorn thing must be getting desperate. Finally, our summer tanagers are back, and I have been blessed with some real close encounters with them. They like to hang out at our red raspberries and blackberries and have a very unique vocalization.
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Those little birds are so adorable. & be on the alert: In spring, they get "drunk" on fermenting berries (I forget what kind of plant), & land on the ground, reeling, easy game for any predator. All they need is a safe haven until they sober up!
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I also never see the waxwings at my feeders, but they do appear when the winterberries are ripe, along with robins. The flocks will come and devour the berries and then go off to wherever they go next. Someone who posts on this forum, Konrad I think, has experience and wonderful pictures of cedar waxwings in Canada so he would have information for you. Claire
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terrene
12 years ago
Very pretty photo, it looks kind of like a painting! I see small flocks of Waxwings once the Crabapples are ripe in the fall.
gardener365
12 years ago
That's sensational!
taigen_gw
12 years ago
Wonderful photo!! I love these birds and the bohemians. I have planted so many "berry" shrubs this year in the hopes that they will continue to visit here. I also have a pond but I have never seen them near it.
Thanks for sharing this...really great shot!
kelvinpl80
12 years ago
that's awesome pic of most beautiful Cedar Waxwings birds. Nice capture man.

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