[Mnbird] Cedar Waxwings

[Pamela Brustman]

I find that I must plant these mountbatten junipers.
Not because I want the junipers so very much, but because I want, so very
much, the cedar waxwings that come for their berries. Just for those few
days.
Worth it.
Now. Where can I put them...
- Pamela
Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to
accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. - Unknown

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
― Aldo Leopold
I am one who cannot.


On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 11:14 AM Betsy Kerr via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> Today, Monday, is the fourth day of our annual Cedar Waxwing visitation.
> They feed on the berries of our 17 two-story-high Mountbatten Junipers.  It
> started with about 30 of them on Thursday, which grew to at least 80 on
> Saturday.  They are such fun to watch, as they struggle to get the berry
> from the end of their beak into their mouth.  Some are proficient jugglers,
> but many a berry is lost to the ground, where others will recover it.
>
> Betsy Kerr
> Golden Valley, MN
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