I've noticed cedar waxwings the last two days conspicuously moving
through the city, as they do every year about this time.

Gene.

On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Susan Collicott wrote:

>
> I was hiking in the Federation forest and in Flaming Geyser State Park on
> Sunday, and ran across two bunches of cedar waxwings. The first consisted of
> about 6 birds, 4 juveniles and 2 adults, and they were demolishing a berry
> tree (no idea what it was - looked like an exotic!). They weren't just ripping
> the berries off, they'd grab a bunch of berries and jerk/rip until an entire
> bunch, with dangling branches, was ripped off. Then they'd pick the berries
> off that branch, and drop the branch to the forest floor. In about half an
> hour they cleaned out the bush.
>
> The other bunch, just at the start of the Flaming Geyser trails, were
> sitting in a maple tree and preening. About 10 birds, 5 juveniles. There was
> some interaction, but mostly the birds simply sat still (not even moving their
> heads) or were preening themselves. Made it easy for me to really get a good
> look at them.
>
> (The "Flaming Geyser" was a let-down - simply a man-made phenomenon.)
>
> The Green River Gorge is *beautiful* this time of year. I highly reccomend
> the area for fall hiking.
>
> Susan Collicott
> camel at serv.net
> Seattle, WA
>