Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Its wingtips look dipped in red sealing wax — that's the 'waxwing' — and flocks can get visibly tipsy gorging on fermented winter berries.
Bombycilla is an attempt at 'silk-tail'; cedrorum means 'of the cedars.'
Bombycilla cedrorum
Its wingtips look dipped in red sealing wax — that's the 'waxwing' — and flocks can get visibly tipsy gorging on fermented winter berries.
Bombycilla is an attempt at 'silk-tail'; cedrorum means 'of the cedars.'