Appearance: Bohemian waxwings are medium-sized birds about 7″ long. They’re sturdy birds with black masks, thick necks, and fluffy crests. Their coloring is gray/brown overall with peach around the mask, white patches on the wings and beak, rusty underneath, and a yellow tip on the tail. The females look similar.
Diet: Insect and fruit.
Feeder food: Fruit
Habitat: Open forested areas often by water sources (lakes, ponds, streams). Also found in urban areas, backyards, roadsides, and parks.
Nesting: The cup-shaped nest is placed on the horizontal branch of an aspen, alder, or evergreen tree. They have 1 brood/year, 2-6 pale blue/gray black spotted eggs, and incubate for 13-14 days. Fledglings leave the nest after 15-18 days.
Migration: Bohemian waxwings are migrators. While they inhabit a year-round area in central British Columbia and west central Alberta, they migrate north to Alaska, Yukon Territories, northern British Columbia, and Alberta for breeding. Then in the fall-winter, they migrate south and east to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New England, southern Ontario, and eastern Quebec.
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