Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:17:30 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Re: Watch your Waxwings! In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I Have seen Bohemians and Cedars in mixed flocks in Maine (at a prime feeding site - frozen mountain ash fruit) and also, in Canada. The only Cedar Waxwing in the UK was with Bohemians. However, birds on their own should also be closely examined as David said, since a lot of the Bohemians *are* on their own, as was the bird in Maryland. Gail Mackiernan Silver Spring, MD on 01/24/2004 12:55 PM, David Mozurkewich at mozurk@BELLATLANTIC.NET wrote: > Looking for Bohemian Waxwings is always a good idea, but is this a > good search strategy? Back in my younger days, I lived in the Rocky > Mountains where both waxwing species were regular. I *N*E*V*E*R* saw > a mixed flock. While that experience may not be relevant since it is > from a different era and a very different part of the world, it still > colors my expectations. > > How do stray Bohemian Waxwings behave in the East? What are the > details of that South Point record? (I was out of state for the > winter of '93 - > '94.) Although I do sort through flocks of Cedars, it's that lone waxwing > in a flock of robins that demands from me a second look. > > Dave > David Mozurkewich > Seabrook, PG MD USA > mozurk @ bellAtlantic.net > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================