Did you ever wonder how birds get their names? I mean a Bluebird is obvious and a Blue Jay makes sense, but what about a Cardinal? Do you think it was named after the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church and did the color Cardinal Red come before or after the bird? Ahhhh but I digress.
The title of the blog is Berry Nice so wouldn’t you think it should have something to do with berries? In fact it does and also about some birds with a very unusual name. Cedar Waxwings! Really now, what does that conjure up? Cedar trees, wings of wax? Well I have some really cute photos of a bunch of immature Cedar Waxwings feasting on some red berries in Central Park. Murray was there to capture them and in addition, he wrote this little poem!
A tree grows on a slope north-west of Cedar Hill…
whose berries were ripe for the pickin’.
as a flock of juvenile Cedar Waxwings discovered.
in they flew, out they flew, and now those berries are missin’.
This looks like a berry nice place
I’ve got myself a nice juicy one!
I’d bend over backwards for a berry!
Not quite ripe but I think it will be fine anyway.
Humphhh at least, they left at least ONE berry for me!
All photos courtesy of Murray Head
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I love watching and feeding the birds. We keep our feeders full all through the year. Cardinals never leave here-they stick out the cold weather. I did see a red-headed woodpecker this morning on the suet. But I do miss my hummingbirds in the winter!
You’re so lucky! No hummingbirds, once in a while a pair of cardinals and haven’t seen a woodpecker in two seasons. I keep the feeders full all year too, unfortunately pigeons keep coming :((
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