Bird Watching: Waxwings returning for the harvest., 1 by karen_in_AK

karen_in_AK wrote:
Hey, Gary - I've been on Dave's Garden for awhile and had no idea this forum was here - d'oh! The waxwings are also hanging out in the downtown area as well. Huge flock of them yesterday and today by Resolution Park (where the Captain Cook statue is). Sadly, when the large trucks would go by they startled. Three or four (just in the hour I was there watching) flew into windows of the office building across the street as a result. Two ravens and a magpie were quick to grab the fallen - nature can be harsh.

The birds seemed fairly calm with me there, several fed within 10-12 feet. And I too had to scrap the berry "detritus" from my head, shoulders, camera, etc. - and I thought my parrots were messy feeders!

I would love to get my mountain ash trees large enough to encourage the birds, but so far they remain "thick-trunked shrubs" thanks to my local neighborhood moose.