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Cedar Waxwings

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These beautiful birds are found year-round in southern British Columbia but particularly on Vancouver Island.

With their yellow tummies and bright red wing flashes, they are lovely to behold.

Happy Thursday.

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    1. Yes, I remember seeing them in Medicine Hat when I lived there. A friend had them nesting in her back yard and took the most marvellous series of shots of the parents and chicks. I have this series framed and on the wall in my study. Lovely little birds.

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  7. I really like these birds, ever since a baby waxwing flew into my leg when I was in my garden (many years ago), and he fell to the ground. I picked him up and as he sat gripping my finger, he pooped processed thimbleberry onto my big toe. Then he flew away to tell his mother about his scary adventure.

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    1. What an experience for you too, Anneli! They apparently can get a bit drunk on over-ripe fruit and will fly into things. I’ve read that their kidneys are adapted to processing the alcohol levels in their diet, but they still get a bit inebriated!

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  8. They are so beautiful! Unfortunately we only see them once in awhile, here where we live. Maybe we should move to Vancouver Island😍

    Happy Thursday to you too!

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    1. Thanks very much. 😊

      They don’t migrate and so it’s unlikely they would be motivated to cross the Rockies. They’re homebodies. 😊 Vancouver Island has many species that aren’t found elsewhere because it developed a somewhat separate ecosystem. Cheers.

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    1. I do, as well. Their feathers are so smooth, too. They almost look like they’re covered in velvet. Waxwings eat berries and bugs, so they don’t visit feeders, but if you have any kind of berry producing tree in your garden you might attract them. I used to have a Nanking cherry that the Bohemian waxwings liked to visit.

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