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| Image of Cedar Waxwing from Cornell. |
This weekend marked the first
Cedar Waxwing (
Bombycilla cedrorum) and
Scarlet Tanager (
Piranga olivacea) we've seen this season. Both are among our most strikingly colored birds in Hampshire County.
We see lots of Cedar Waxwings travel from the trees on our side of the South Branch to catch insects along the cliffs on the other side. But most interesting is Cedar Waxwings love of over-ripened, fermenting fruits that leave them intoxicated, sometimes even leading to death by alcohol poisoning.
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| Image of male Scarlet Tanager from www.Birding.com. |
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