A Cedar Waxwing Day in Central Park NYC

[Donkees]

Gloria@Lucent 508

''Today is Cedar Waxwing day in Central Park as I've seen over a hundred! Huge groups feeding on berries, flying around calling & of course dropping down to bathe. I've seen two active nests being built. We New Yorkers are lucky they nest here so we get to enjoy them all Summer.''

May 29, 2024



Above96th

''I captured a remarkable courtship ritual between Cedar Waxwings in Central Park. They repeatedly hopped toward each other and exchanged a serviceberry!''

May 29, 2024

[2naSalit]

1. I always liked these birds...

But came to love them one summer when they came and rescued the property I lived on by descending on my trees and eating ALL the bark beetles in them. I never saw another beetle in the remaining four years that I was there. I recall that I could hear their distinctive peeping sounds in my head as I fell to sleep at night. Got to watch their mating rituals, very sweet and cute, almost like a cartoonish sort of love-bird interaction as they nudge each other on a tree branch.

[japple]

2. Beautiful photos. They are such beautiful creatures, although they can strip a cherry

tree quicker than just about any other birds. I love the way they pass the berries down the line! Thanks for posting these pictures.