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Birders

Nitram

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7. There was enormous mixed flock of migrating waxwings and red-winged blackbird in oaks in...

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2017, 01:16 PM

Feb 2017

...our back yard on Sunday. We get waxwings in our yard twice a year during migrations. They feast on berries in our cedar trees, drink from our goldfish pond, and leave a lot of seed-filled poop all over. Beautiful birds.

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Bohemian waxwings on my crabapple tree right now [View all] jpak Feb 2017 OP

I've never seen one here, sure do miss these pretty little things. nt procon Feb 2017 #1

What a gorgeous bird. femmocrat Feb 2017 #2

Central Maine - and I knew they would show up eventually jpak Feb 2017 #4

Wow! femmocrat Feb 2017 #5

A number of flocks come into Maine every winter jpak Feb 2017 #6

Beautiful shenmue Feb 2017 #3

There was enormous mixed flock of migrating waxwings and red-winged blackbird in oaks in... Nitram Feb 2017 #7