Date: 11/12/25 10:47 pm From: rainyday via groups.io <c_griz...> Subject: [AKBirding] Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Bohemian Waxwings, and Robins
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Bohemian Waxwings, and Robins
Seward, Alaska
The 500 Block of First and Second Avenues were hopping today with the First of Season BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and lingering (or newly arrived) ROBINS!
I first saw about a dozen Bohemian Waxwings perched high in a cottonwood tree, silhouetted against the cloudy sky. A neighboring tree hosted about as many Robins. Individuals and twos and threes shot off the branches and sailed to nearby Mt Ash trees to pluck and gobble the juicy red berries whole.
The Waxwings chimed their tiny bell-like songs, a sound I did not have the pleasure of hearing at all last winter. Robins clucked and a few unleashed a full spring-time song, so marvelous to hear on a cold winter day.
Counting these active foragers proved difficult as they zipped between First Ave, the alley, and Second, but I’d estimate about 20 each, maybe more.
The Mt Ash trees in town are loaded with berries for their dining pleasure. I hope they stick around for a better count and further search for a Cedar Waxwing or other uncommon companions in their midst.
