Yes, very cool to see Cedar Waxwings, whom we associate so strongly with eating
fruit, also go for aerial insects in Summer. I’ve seen this over the splashpool
at the base of Buttermilk Falls in Ithaca as they sally out from high in the
trees of the forest edge. Recently I saw another unusual s
Had a cool experience on the leg of the Ontario Pathways/Rt. 96 today near
Phelps; NY. I was standing on the second bridge from the road and
encountered a very big hatch of tiny insects over the stream. A number of
waxwings were perched in a tree over the stream and would fly into the
insect swarm,
