This morning a flock of around 50 CEDAR WAXWINGS were flying about our
neighborhood, most feeding on the dried fruit of our neighbor's Korean
Ash. All the birds had beautiful coloration. I could not find any
Bohemians among them. What I found particularly fascinating was that
many were feeding on snow in our silver maple tree (and probably
elsewhere). My question for the expert birders: were the birds
consuming snow as a way to dilute the juice (fermented?) that had become
concentrated in the shriveled fruit?
Larry
--
================================
W. Larry Hymes
120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
(H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu
================================
--
Cayugabirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm
ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
--
