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Friday, 13 August 2010

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I spotted 2 Cedar Waxwings making long flights out over the Arkansas River near Canon City, CO and clearly catching large flying insects (I was up to 100 feet away and could see the insects in their beaks so they had to be good sized). After watching them, and two juvenile probable hybrid phoebes that apparently also saw them and joined in, make repeated catches this waxwing landed briefly in a tree not far away. This short video clip shows this waxwing devouring this insect but so in a hurry to go after more that it flew off with a piece of wing sticking out from it's bill. Insects, that I suspect were from a caddis fly hatch, can be seen flying in the clip. Double-click on the box with 4 arrows at the bottom of the screen to enlarge for cool full screen viewing. SeEtta

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