Back for more berries!

The cedar waxwings reappeared for more tasty little berries. According to the iBird app, they are the most specialized fruit-eating bird, but their diet also includes insects such as carpenter ants, cicadas, caterpillars, cankerworms, and maple sap. One strange fact is that they sometimes become intoxicated from eating fermented berries in winter, and will also readily eat apple slices, currants, and canned peas. The yellow or orange terminal band on their tails are thought to vary depending on their diet. If a group of these birds fly into a tree, you would be seeing an "ear-full" or a "museum" of waxwings. 

The extra photo is a nest full of baby robins we spotted along the trail. It was hard to get a count because they were wiggling around, but I'm guessing there were three rapidly growing nestlings.