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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Cedar Waxwing, Royal Tyrrell Museun Garden, Drumheller, Alberta Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Cedar Waxings, Marine Park, Blaine, Washington State Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
CEDAR WAXWING FACTS
DescriptionThe Cedar Waxwing has a reddish brown head and upper body and gray back, wings and tail. The head has a short crest, and face has a black mask, and black chin. The tip of the tail is yellow, and the belly is yellow. May have red spots on tips of secondary wing feathers. Females are similar to males with less prominent chin patch. Immature birds are similar to adults but more gray, streaked underside, and no black on the throat. Size length 14cm - 17cm Environment open woodland, farmland, parks and gardens, forest edges. Food fruit, insects. Breeding Nest is a fairly large open cup made of twigs, grass and moss, built in a tree fork. Lays two to six (usually four or five) pale blue gray eggs with scattered black spots. Range found throughout most of Canada, United States, Mexico and into Central America. Classification
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