Cedar Waxwing by Sharon Beals
Contemporary
United States
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Collected in 1992, no local
Cornell University Museum of Verterbrates
The red, wax-like tips of their secondary flight-feathers gave this bird its name. Fruigivores, they descend in noisy flocks on a source of fruit, digesting it and spreading its seeds in the process. During nesting season, Cedar Waxwings also glean insects from vegetation or snatch them from the air. This is a species that seems to benefit from gardens and orchards, and their numbers are holding strong, though a single flock can be decimated by vehicle traffic if they find food too close to a road.
The nests were photographed in four science collections: The California Academy of Sciences, The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, and the American Museum of Natural History.
Subject Details:
CUCUMV-Bird39046
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