Insect hawking especially over water (streams, lake inlets etc ) is a regular foraging technique for cedar waxwings. Often seen on canoe trips. Their frugivory (which my phone had converted to ‘drug ivory’ 3 x) gets them through the winter. But they do feed their young on insect prey and are really adept at the hovering and chasing to get insects in the air. There is a small number at the Hike School wetland on almost any evening.
AND speaking of flocks: common green darners (dragonflies) are flock foraging over the fields along Hile School for last 3 days and there are now seven kestrels there also, probably eating some of the darners. Lots of fun and looks like at least two families, maybe 3. Original pair nesting near Ed Hill probably had one youngster. Enough! Sorry for long email. Anne Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2021, at 7:13 PM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have seen Cedar Waxwings do this quite a few times also. At beebe lake and > flat rock. I was also surprised the first time. Very cool to feel like you > discover this yourself by keen observation. I also saw them one time in my > black cherry passing cherries along the branch to each other. Which Donald > and Lillian Stokes say is just a myth but I saw it with my own eyes. > > Linda Orkin > Ithaca, NY > > > >>> On Aug 13, 2021, at 6:57 PM, Jill Holtzman Leichter <j...@cornell.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> Yep I saw them doing that at Dryden Lake last year. A lot of young birds >> too. >> >> Get Outlook for iOS >> From: bounce-125832567-87248...@list.cornell.edu >> <bounce-125832567-87248...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Deb Grantham >> <d...@cornell.edu> >> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 6:50:07 PM >> To: Regi Teasley <rltcay...@gmail.com>; Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> >> Cc: madonna stallmann <madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L >> <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching? >> >> I saw cedar waxwings hunting insects one time years ago over Dryden Lake. >> >> >> >> From: bounce-125832497-83565...@list.cornell.edu >> <bounce-125832497-83565...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Regi Teasley >> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 6:23 PM >> To: Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> >> Cc: madonna stallmann <madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L >> <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching? >> >> Sure. Why not if it’s easy pickins? I have read of this behavior. >> Regi >> >> ____________ >> “If we surrendered to the earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, >> like trees.” Rainer Maria Rilke >> >> >> >> On Aug 13, 2021, at 6:04 PM, Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> Just the other day I saw about a dozen Cedar Waxwings fly catching over >> the stream, as viewed from East Hill Rec Way, on the bridge which is near >> the intersection of 366/Dryden Rd. I believe this is something they do >> frequently, as it is a good spot to find Waxwings. >> -- >> >> Sara Jane Hymes >> >> >> >> On Aug 13, 2021, at 5:52 PM, madonna stallmann >> <madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello! >> My husband and I were at the bridge over Upper Taughanack Falls at >> Taughanack State Park today and observed something we've never seen in our >> thirty years of birding...a flock of cedar waxwings fly catching from the >> trees alongside the creek out over the top of the falls. 15 - 20 birds >> repeatedly flying out over the falls & in to the trees presumably catching >> bugs. >> All my information tells me that cedar waxwings are not so enthusiastic >> about insects. I would like to know if anyone else has observed this and >> what information you have about cedar waxwings fly catching. >> Thank you! >> Madonna Stallmann >> Newfield, NY >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
