Food and Movements
Like other waxwings, its diet consists primarily of berries supplemented by insects, especially during the breeding season.
This species is irruptive, moving in unpredictable migration patterns from year to year, and particularly moving south, often in huge numbers, if the berry supply fails in winter.
Birds in winter can be very confiding and will come into gardens for berry bushes and trees, a favourite being the rowan.
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