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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Peter Saracino Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 8:21 AM To: Suan Hsi Yong <[email protected]> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching? Great shot Suan! Pete Sar On Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 11:23 PM Suan Hsi Yong <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've seen waxwings passing fruit among themselves in the spring several times, but was luck to capture this photo once of a pair exchanging crabapples: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQmq_i-tfWo/ Suan On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:24 PM Richard Guthrie <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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]<mailto:[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 -- 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/[email protected]/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: 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/[email protected]/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/[email protected]/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/ --
