FAMILY BombycillidcB 



States and breeding northward through the 

 Canadian Provinces to Hudson Bay. Winter- 

 ing in whole of the United States, south 

 irregularly to the West Indies and Central 

 America. 



The cedar waxwing, cedar bird, or cherry 

 bird, although practically a permanent 

 resident wherever found, has the habit of 

 wandering about the country in small flocks, 

 thus being common in some localities one 

 year and rare the next. It may be that the 

 food supply has something to do with this 

 since the waxwing lives chiefly on various 

 wild fruits and berries, though sometimes it 

 makes serious raids on domestic fruits. 



The call note of the cedar waxwing is a low 

 beady pee-eet which may be heard as it sits 

 perched in a tree or as it flies overhead. This, 

 together with its rapid wing beat and straight- 

 away flight, will help to identify it. 



Its nest is usually placed in small firs, 

 cedar or orchard trees. It is rather bulky, 

 composed of bark, leaves, roots and weed 

 stalks, sometimes bits of paper, and lined 

 with various soft materials. 



The waxwings are very sensitive about 



their nests being touched by the human hand 



and will often desert the eggs if they are 



molested in any way. On the other hand 



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