Waxwing Birds ID Help. Cedar And/Or Bohemian?
Apr 21, 2017 23:21:01 #
Was surprised to see this flock of Waxwings taking a drink at my birdbath.
My neighbor said the red tipped wing tips are the Bohemian and
the others are the Cedar. I'm not a birder.
Does that sound about right?
My neighbor said the red tipped wing tips are the Bohemian and
the others are the Cedar. I'm not a birder.
Does that sound about right?
Apr 21, 2017 23:53:17 #
ducwic wrote:
Was surprised to see this flock of Waxwings taking a drink at my birdbath.
My neighbor said the red tipped wing tips are the Bohemian and
the others are the Cedar. I'm not a birder.
Does that sound about right?
My neighbor said the red tipped wing tips are the Bohemian and
the others are the Cedar. I'm not a birder.
Does that sound about right?
The white wing bar is very characteristic of the Bohemian. The waxwings are one of my favorite families of birds.
Nice to know they are there. We don't have them out here. I will be visiting WI the end of August. Maybe I will get lucky and spot some.Apr 22, 2017 02:43:20 #
We have Cedar Waxwings up here in north Texas and I don't recognize these birds so they must be Bohemians. I didn't get my book out though. Just using the process of elimination.
Apr 22, 2017 03:31:37 #
Apr 22, 2017 08:06:30 #
These are all Cedar Waxwings. The red tip on the secondaries is present on both adult species.
Apr 22, 2017 08:40:17 #
Nice bunch!!
Or should I say "flock"? I would say that they're Cedars. Bohemians have this bright yellow "racing stripe" on their wings. I posted some last January, which I took on a very cloudy day. My neighbours and I were very surprised because they're not supposed this far East.
Or should I say "flock"? I would say that they're Cedars. Bohemians have this bright yellow "racing stripe" on their wings. I posted some last January, which I took on a very cloudy day. My neighbours and I were very surprised because they're not supposed this far East.
Apr 22, 2017 11:43:22 #
Bozsik wrote:
The white wing bar is very characteristic of the Bohemian. The waxwings are one of my favorite families of birds. Nice to know they are there. We don't have them out here. I will be visiting WI the end of August. Maybe I will get lucky and spot some.
Nice to know they are there. We don't have them out here. I will be visiting WI the end of August. Maybe I will get lucky and spot some.Bozsik, thanks for stopping by. I don't know if they're still here in August. From what I've learned, both species have white wing bars but they both don't have red wing secondary wing tips.
Apr 22, 2017 11:45:01 #
ndncowboy wrote:
We have Cedar Waxwings up here in north Texas and I don't recognize these birds so they must be Bohemians. I didn't get my book out though. Just using the process of elimination.
ndncowboy, thanks for stopping by. Get your book out. From what I've learned, both species have white wing bars but they both don't have red wing secondary wing tips.
Apr 22, 2017 11:46:10 #
Apr 22, 2017 11:54:18 #
rob7789 wrote:
These are all Cedar Waxwings. The red tip on the secondaries is present on both adult species.
rob7789, thanks for stopping by. A couple of the perching birds don't appear to have red tip secondaries.
Apr 22, 2017 11:58:19 #
Geezer wrote:
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Geezer, thanks for stopping by. What's somewhat confusing is the lack of the red tipped secondary tips that are not visible on all the perching birds.
Apr 22, 2017 12:26:41 #
ducwic wrote:
Was surprised to see this flock of Waxwings taking a drink at my birdbath.
My neighbor said the red tipped wing tips are the Bohemian and
the others are the Cedar. I'm not a birder.
Does that sound about right?
My neighbor said the red tipped wing tips are the Bohemian and
the others are the Cedar. I'm not a birder.
Does that sound about right?
Sitting here looking at the Nat Geo guide page on Waxwings.
Cedar waxwings because of the yellow belly and brownish rather than gray above.
Apr 22, 2017 12:55:57 #
I got my book out and it does appear to be Cedars. Bohemians show more yellow on the wings. Both have the yellow on the tail but Cedars have white on closed wings looking like a bar.
Apr 22, 2017 20:44:10 #
The immature waxwings, both Cedar and Bohemian, have white tips. Whereas the adults of both species have red tips. The Bohemians are noticeably larger than the Cedars, and the Bohemians have a gray breast and belly where the Cedars have yellow bellies. As mentioned by someone before, there is a long stripe on the primaries of the Bohemian Waxwings. These are both Bohemian Waxwings.
Apr 22, 2017 22:27:53 #
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