We see this every year over our wildlife ponds. The waxwings have incredible vision and snatch insects easily several hundred feet from the perches. They are in constant motion.
We are also engaged in a long term odonate study now in its 18th year. While walking through the taller grasses surrounding a pond we have witnessed what we call cooperative feeding by waxwings. It appears we act as "beaters" as we displace the insects and the waxwings swoop around us for the meal. John On Fri, 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 <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
