CEDAR WAXWINGS DO LOVE THEIR BERRIES

Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwings are winter resident fruit specialists here in metro-Atlanta. But because they are late nesters & can be short-haul migrants, going only as far north as the high-elevations of the North GA mountains, they will hang around gorging on spring\early summer berry crops.

Native serviceberries are a favorite. Waxwings will gather in small flocks to strip a shrub\tree clean.

Cedar Waxwing

A problem is they will do the same thing on invasive, toxic nandina berries. Nandinas are often well established in old yards like ours. They are very hard to get rid of, but routinely cutting off the berries before they ripen while you replace them with native serviceberries, beautyberries, blueberries is a great Plan B measure of landscaping safety.

Cedar Waxwing
Off To Strip The Next Tree

One thought on “CEDAR WAXWINGS DO LOVE THEIR BERRIES

  1. Steve , If you took all these pictures ,you are genius . We only caught the waxwings a couple of times having a feast on our blueberries . Don’t they migrate through here but not stay very long ? Am watching a mama bluebird feeding a baby as I write . Such fun . June Bishop

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