Recent photographs from Presque Isle-adjacent Scott Park in Millcreek Twp (“Gateway to Presque Isle”), right around sunset:
This next/lengthy sequence captures (as best possible for still photos) a rather amazing behavior – three Cedar Waxwing in a tree, passing a small piece of vegetative matter (seed pod?) back and forth for at least 5 minutes:
Per Internet sources, this is probably social behavior, e.g., passing food between birds as a social activity or so each bird has a chance to eat. (Other option is mating behavior, which doesn’t seem applicable here.) Very cool to see!
The Cedar Waxwing seed passing sequence is fascinating. Kind of like “Here, you have it”…..”No, I insist, you take it….” etc, etc.
Never seen anything like passing the seed! Social! JK