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Cedar Waxwing -
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
 

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Identification

  • Medium-sized songbird
  • Brown above with crest
  • Black mask around eyes
  • Yellowish below
  • Waxy red "dots" on otherwise
         plain grey-brown wings
  • Grey tail with yellow tip
  • 7.25" (8cm.)

Habitat

  • Wide variety of habitats, including forests,
         forest edges, yard trees, fields with
         scattered trees
  • Fruit-bearing trees and shrubs are favored

Additional Information

  • Common migrant and summer resident
  • Sometimes found in winter
  • Fruit eater, also eats insects in the summer
  • Found in juniper groves in winter, also
         hawthorns and crabapples
  • Common summer resident on the Reserve

Comparable Species

Cedar Waxwing....a sharp looking bird

Cedar Waxwing with a red berry in its mouth 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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