The treetop gathering of cedar wax wings and robins was called off this year because of last year’s drought. The few berries on the mountain ash tree were picked through in an afternoon. Not the usual joyful and noisy convocation heralding spring.
We don’t tend to look up to the treetops or watch the robins looking for the fruits of last year’s blooms.
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I’m hoping you have binoculars or at least a spyglass for those too rare cedar waxwing sightings anymore!
I actually saw two underneath the feeder a week ago. what they were foraging for I’m not sure; maybe the odd nannyberry, or blueberry. The Mountain ash was their certain late winter treat.