[EBB Sightings] Re: Sightings Digest, Vol 3, Issue 2

Several people on this list have been reporting unusual numbers Cedar  
Waxwings this Spring.

I would like to chime in and say "me too".

Every Tuesday I walk past the Live Science Bldg. on UC Berkeley  
campus at 6:15 pm and there is a flock of ca. 20 Waxwings in a  
leafless tree holding so still I first thought them leaves;   
evidently this is their roosting spot for the night.

I find it surprising that such a nomadic species should be so site  
specific for so long (month at least in same spot at same time).

I remember a EB Christmas Bird Count about five years ago with record  
numbers of robin and Waxwing but there are not a lot of robins around  
now.

cheers,

Arlene Gemmill



On May 2, 2006, at 12:00 PM, sightings-request at diabloaudubon.com wrote:

>    1. cedar waxwings (Susan Hampton)
>    2. Black-headed Grosbeak in Mtz. (paulB)
>    3. Re: Emeryville Waxwings (Russ Wilson)
>    4. Re: Emeryville Waxwings (debbie viess)