Waxwing stock photo Eurasia, Europe, Finland, Cedar Waxwing, Waxwing Bird
The silky sheen of the feathers set the cedar waxwing apart from other brown birds.
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Bombycilla cedrorum
The silky sheen of the feathers set the cedar waxwing apart from other brown birds.
Their diet includes berries, small fruit, flowers, oozing sap, and insects. They feed on various berries like wild cherries and juniper and consume insects like beetles, ants, and caterpillars.
Cedar waxwings are short to long-distance migrants. They breed in Central to Southern Canada and spend winters in the Southern United States, Mexico, and Central America.
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