馃 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
馃摎 Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail
馃摎 garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, babble, chirp, garrulus chatty, chirping, noisy; ax prone to
These birds are easy to meet in forests and even city parks and yards in winter. But we don't have them at other times of the year. The fact is that these birds live mainly in the northern forests of the taiga, and only in winter they fly south in search of food.
And in winter they feed mainly on berries. Kalina and mountain ash are their main diet. You can often see how a huge flock of waxwings sat on berry trees and devoured the berries by swallowing them whole.
By the way, they do not digest the berries completely, and many seeds come out with droppings, which contributes to the spread of seeds and the growth of new trees and bushes.
