[Birdtalk] Bohemian Waxwings in Cache Valley

[Kristin Purdy]

Stephen mentioned the Bohemian Waxwing's distinctive trill; the small group 
that I saw earlier this week caught my attention because they were trilling. 
Had they not been trilling, I would have glanced up quickly from the 
weedwacker and passed them off as starlings because they were strongly 
backlit. Ten minutes after they left, a large flock of Cedar Waxwings landed 
in another tree and I could hear just one Bohemian. I waited until the whole 
flock left; the Bohemian was the last bird to fly.

Knowing their call is the best way to know when one or more of these birds 
is present. The call is more robust and lower-pitched than the Cedar 
Waxwing's whistle or wheeze and may be easier to hear. Here's a link to 
Cornell's All About Birds website. Open the link and then click on the link 
entitled 'listen to songs of this species':

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Bohemian_Waxwing.html#sound

If you care to do extra homework, here's another species we should be 
listening for this winter, the Common Redpoll:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Redpoll.html#sound

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Peterson" <cllslp at msn.com>
To: "Bird Talk Utah" <birdtalk at utahbirds.org>; "Williams Nancy" 
<nanwill at cc.usu.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: [Birdtalk] Bohemian Waxwings in Cache Valley


>
> This afternoon, Reinhard Jockel and myself watched a flock of 100 plus 
> Bohemian Waxwings
> gleaning berries off of some ornamental trees in front of some homes along 
> the Boulevard,
> just east of the LDS temple in Logan. They are so easy to pick out by 
> their call from the Cedar Waxwings,
> that they are easy to find.
> We did not have any Bohemians in Cache Valley or Utah for that matter (I 
> think) last winter, and this
> year seems quite early for the Bohemians to be showing up here.
> Anyways, make sure you get out there and start looking for those 
> gray-breasted, brown butted waxwings
> and let me know how many you see and where you see them.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen Peterson
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