Hi all: While many species of birds make shorter or longer movements in response to increasing snowfall amounts or cold weather freezing water -- even during mid-winter when most species are where they're going to winter (e.g., geese, ducks, some raptors, some Turdus), I find it difficult to believe that Bohemian Waxwings (BOWA) do so. This is a species that forages on fruit, particularly small fruits, attached to trees. It is also a species that spends winters in much colder and snowier climes than the southern Rockies. However, the species is known to wander widely in search of fruit, with the ability to move at almost any time of fall and winter to do so. Because they're cold-hardy, forage in places that do not become inaccessible due to snow cover, and wander widely anyway, I'd suggest that any BOWAs showing up now are doing so because they were on the move looking for food, not because of the storm and deep cold that it brought.
Just my two cents' worth. Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
