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Bohemian waxwing

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Noun1.Bohemian waxwing - large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing
waxwing - brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips


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54 Pilchuck Camera Club 53 Individual Awards of Merit winners with 13 points were: Pair of Bald Eagles, Phil Echo, Camera Naturalist CC; Heron Taking Off, Bill Meikle, Loveland PS; with 12 points were: Mating Tree Swallows, Roman Kurywczak, Camera Naturalist CC; Great Blue Flying with Stick, Lisa Cuchara, New Haven CC; Bohemian Waxwing, Wendy McIntosh, Greater Lynn PA.
The third species illustrated is the Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedorum , Which is also rather dependent on food supplies for its seasonal migrations, although it is rarely as irruptive as its close relative the Bohemian Waxwing, Which is also found in Europe.
Indeed, during the winter of 2004-05, France witnessed a large and unexpected invasion of Bohemian waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) (10), a species known to migrate from circumpolar areas where pseudotuberculosis is endemic.
 
 
 
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