{"id":23664,"date":"2019-10-19T20:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T18:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23664"},"modified":"2019-10-22T20:13:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:13:41","slug":"the-return-of-the-waxwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23664","title":{"rendered":"The return of the waxwings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the thrushes were gone today, replaced by a flock of about 120 waxwings (sidensvans), picking up from where the thrushes left off!<br \/>\nThe first two videos show waxwings eating apples opened up by fieldfares and blackbirds yesterday and also eating guelder rose (krossved) berries, so far not touching the elderberries (svarthyll).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-23664-1\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_apples.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_apples.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_apples.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-23664-2\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_apples2.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_apples2.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_apples2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the waxwings were hunting insects on birch trees and occasionally high into the air in pursuit of insects:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-23664-3\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_insect_hunting.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_insect_hunting.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_insect_hunting.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and the morning after, they had discovered the yew berries!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-23664-4\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_on_yew.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_on_yew.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxwings_on_yew.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and on unharvested redcurrants (rips)&#8230;.with a fieldfare (gr\u00e5trost) and brambling (bj\u00f8rkefink) at the end of the video!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-23664-5\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxw_FF_BR_rips.mp4?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxw_FF_BR_rips.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Waxw_FF_BR_rips.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the thrushes were gone today, replaced by a flock of about 120 waxwings (sidensvans), picking up from where the thrushes left off! 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