Yehaaaaa.......does a little jig,finally got to see them.
Small flock up near Olrig House and another down at Castlehill.
The big flock was still at Olrig this morning.
Latest Lifer: #4164 - Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis) - Mantadia, Madagascar (09/10/10)
Yehaaaaa.......does a little jig,finally got to see them.
Small flock up near Olrig House and another down at Castlehill.
Are they all around the coastal areas, or can anyone tell me if they have moved inland yet. I'm still waiting to see them, but will be forced to go out on the road tomorrow.
Not sure how widespread they are inland but if you can get to Castletown tomorrow morning then I would go. I spent most of the day there and it was quite something to see. The best views was in the small wooded area opposite the Heritage Centre, and there is still plenty berries in there for them if they stick around.. The telephone wires between the football field and Heritage centre was full of them. Good luck if you do try.
Last edited by kas; 31-Oct-10 at 21:27.
Away with the birds
We moved into our house 4 years ago and there was no garden or trees at that time. I have spent the intervening time trying to make a garden in order to attract birds and wildlife. On Wednesday I saw a bird feeding on the few cotoneaster berries that have grown and was amazed to see it was a Waxwing! Makes all the hard work worth it even if we only had 2 of them - they are so lovely. Fingers crossed for more visitors next year.
had 4 in the garden today, but not as clourful as the photos....is it a maturity thing????
Two species of Waxwing occur in Canada. The species we have over here, which in North America is called Bohemian Waxwing, and the slightly smaller Cedar Waxwing which has occurred in the UK as an extremely rare vagrant.
In North America Bohemian Waxwing has the more northerly and westerly breeding area and in winter gets as far south as Colorado, while the Cedar Waxwing breeds across southern Canada and northern USA and reaches Mexico in the winter.
Ricco is correct!
Pterodroma
Latest Lifer: #4164 - Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis) - Mantadia, Madagascar (09/10/10)
As for the waxwings, there were around 600 at Castlehill at first light but the majority had flown off to the west by 08:00h. A few lingered for a couple of hours and there were just 5 at Olrig. Hopefully that's not the last we see of them this winter though.
Latest Lifer: #4164 - Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis) - Mantadia, Madagascar (09/10/10)
I passed by the Castletown Heritage Centre abot 11.30 this morning and there were well over a 100 waxwings in the trees beside it.
There were about 20 of them flying about Portree most of last week
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Think they've had their fill of berries though as there's no sign of them today.
Beautiful sight,absolutely no road sense,terrified we were going to hit the ones walking on the road.
Never judge someone until you have walked two moons in their moccasins.
Native American Indian saying.
there must have been around 20 in my mums garden in keiss this morning!
Everyone is a genius,
but if you judge a fish
on its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.....
Just saw 3 Waxwings in my garden in Groats
Have never seen anything but the normal sparrows, starlings, robins etc before
So I just had to log on and let you all know, as if it was not for this post I would not have had a clue what they were - Thank you
Brill Violetsky.!!!Good for you!!
I think that is exactly what it is all about, The more folks that get to see and enjoy birds the better!!
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