Waxwing Working a String

You know that we’re just wild about waxwings around here. Who wouldn’t be? Waxwings are social, sleek, and oh so chic. Did you know they were also tenacious when it comes to acquiring premium nesting material? I didn’t until I observed a pair of Cedar Waxwings trying to untangle a long length of string in the boughs of a spruce tree.  These two clearly wanted this string, so much so that they summoned a third bird to help. Much of the action was obscured by branches and shade but I captured enough of this epic struggle to share here…