look at this tree! August 30, 2006
Posted by Sandy in a small garden in maine.trackback
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We have cedar waxwings everywhere this summer. I usually see a few, but for the first time, they are nesting within sight of my living room window. They are out on their “porch” limb every night. I think that I have figured out why. Look at the chokecherry trees this year. They are loaded! My little camera works well on close ups, but I won’t even show you my efforts at catching a shot of the birds in the tree.
I was reading up on waxwings this morning, and did you know that they not only pass berries back and forth, but also flowers? I would love to see that.
I love Cedar Waxwings. I don’t think they stay here year round, so we only wee them fleetingly on their way through. Lovely coloring. What a perfect place for them to set up shop. Look at all those choke cherries!
Never knew that about waxwings passing flowers back and forth!
I know I often hear them in the spring when the locust trees are blooming - they’re such pretty birds, but always flying so high overhead.
Somehow I get chokeberries and chokecherries mixed up - I see the difference in your pic. I have chokeberries, which have tiny dry fruit.