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a bird sitting on top of a tree branch with berries hanging from it's branches

Last year I took a quick trip home between Christmas and the New Year. While I was home the annual flock of Bohemian Waxwings finally got around to dining on the crab apples on a tree next to Mom and Dad's house. I was able to spend some time hanging out next to the tree and watch these birds descend in scattered groups into the branches of the tree and work their way up and down the branches until all of the apples were stripped from their stems. Bohemian Waxwings are common winter visitors…

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a bird sitting on top of a tree branch next to a green background and yellow feet

Cedar waxwing in Lake County, Illinois. Photo by John Edmondson. Perhaps the most noticeable of several differences between these birds and the similar Bohemian waxwings is the color under their tail. The under-tail on Bohemian waxwings is reddish/rufous; it's WHITE on cedar waxwings. In addition, the belly of a Bohemian is grayish, rather than YELLOW, as it is on the cedar waxwing.

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