top of page
Dietary Effects
Cedar Waxwing
The tips of the tail are usually yellow as seen in the first picture. If the bird eats berries (containing rhodoxanthin) from a honeysuckle bush while the tail feathers are growing the coloration becomes more orange as seen in the second picture.
 Article on dietary coloration
Cedar Waxwing-1130.jpg
Cedar Waxwing-1177.jpg
© Krüger Naturfotografie
  • Facebook Social Icon
icons8-instagram-48.png
Flickr.gif
PBase.gif

©2018 by Krüger Naturfotografie

bottom of page