The Stokes' on Cedar Waxwings passing fruit amongst their neighbors: Years ago at a NYS Federation annual meeting (now NYS Ornithological Association) I attended a presentation by Don and Lilian Stokes and there they did a little enactment of waxwings sharing cherries with one another - including a few little side-stepping hops to illustrate the behavior. It was cute (yeah, a little hokey). But it suggested to me that they were conveying that behavior as fact.
And, yes, I've seen waxwings flycatching many times. I think it's an opportunistic reaction to an aquatic insect hatch. Rich Guthrie On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 7:13 PM Linda Orkin <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Yep I saw them doing that at Dryden Lake last year. A lot of young birds > too. > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> on behalf of Deb Grantham < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2021 6:50:07 PM > *To:* Regi Teasley <[email protected]>; Sara Jane Hymes < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* madonna stallmann <[email protected]>; CAYUGABIRDS-L < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching? > > > I saw cedar waxwings hunting insects one time years ago over Dryden Lake. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Regi Teasley > *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2021 6:23 PM > *To:* Sara Jane Hymes <[email protected]> > *Cc:* madonna stallmann <[email protected]>; CAYUGABIRDS-L < > [email protected]> > *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 <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> 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. 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