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rootofnewtA very distinctive looking bird perched on the pokeweed long enough for me to memorize its description. Then I went to look it up. It fit the description of a cedar waxwing *perfectly* except its tail feathers were tipped with a ruddy orange, rather than a vivid yellow.
Crap. It took me awhile, but I learned that it *IS* a cedar waxwing, and its feathers are orange b/c it has been eating non-native (alien) honeysuckle.
WOOHOO!
we done got ourselves birds who been eatin' alien plants! yeeehah!
Oh, the nuthatches finally made an appearance. They like the suet feeder. YAY!
Crap. It took me awhile, but I learned that it *IS* a cedar waxwing, and its feathers are orange b/c it has been eating non-native (alien) honeysuckle.
WOOHOO!
we done got ourselves birds who been eatin' alien plants! yeeehah!
Oh, the nuthatches finally made an appearance. They like the suet feeder. YAY!
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Date: 2003-01-21 02:52 pm (UTC)I've seen a few down here, years and years ago.
Once when I was a little girl a large flock opf Evening Grosbeaks came and hung around for a month or two. We've never seen any since but they were really gorgeous.