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Re: Waxwings
- To: "Partrick" <partrick@megalink.net>, <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: Waxwings
- From: "Dwayne Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 15:51:03 -0400
- Reply-to: "Dwayne Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I have seen Waxwings flycatching more times than eating fruit. They could
give Pheobes a run for their money when it comes to flycatching! It is fun
to watch them do this in flocks.
Dwayne
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Dwayne Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Conover, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/
http://www.geocities.com/ncxbill/
-----Original Message-----
From: Partrick <partrick@megalink.net>
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:21 PM
Subject: Waxwings
>I mean, life is tough... here I am on a small pond in the western Maine
>mountains suffering from more than two layers of clothing... and... a
>thought comes to mind. I have been under the impression that Waxwings
>are primarily seed eaters but here, for the past week or so, a flock of
>twenty or so fly over this pond, exactly like flycatchers or the Eastern
>Phoebe that flits around. They all seem to be eating the insects. Is
>this common? The Waxwings are a mixture of Cedar Waxwings and Bohemian
>Waxwings..
>
>Jerry Partrick, ex Chapel Hill
>