Late Nesting of Cedar Waxwing
Journal
Condor
Volume
28
Issue
4 (July-August)
Year
1926
Pages
173
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Late Nesting of Cedar Waxwing
While looking over my hunting grounds, on August 23, 1924, I was surprised to come upon a Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) sitting on two incubated and two infertile eggs. The nest was seven feet up in a myrtle tree. It was composed of coarse grass and weeds and was lined with fine dry grass and hair that hung in a slovenly manner over the edge of the nest. A few dry leaves had apparently fallen into the nest.
The eggs were bluish-gray, marked with spots of sepia and dark purple. A further search disclosed two more nests, both with young. All three were in myrtle trees within the limits of this city.
J. Thomas Fraser
Eureka, California, February 15, 1926
