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Waxwings (named for the waxlike red tips to the secondary wing feathers) are circumboreal inhabitants of northern forests, moving south during the winter. In North America it is called the bohemian waxwing, to distinguish it from its slightly smaller relative, the cedar waxwing. Waxwings are specialized for eating berries, especially mistletoe (as in the left image above), and their droppings are a primary means by which mistletoe colonizes new host trees. They often travel in small flocks and are rather nomadic in winter. These birds were photographed near Bialowieza, Poland. |
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