Cedar Waxwing Mini Birds & Wildlife playing a melody that serenades

playing a melody that serenades the surrounding nature

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Ernst Haeckel's celebrated sea anemone illustration brings together dozens of species in a single extraordinary plate — their forms so varied and their colors so vivid that they read as much as ornament as organism

and a dozen other curiosities that seem to have found their way here from very different lives

originally published on April 11th

Cedar Waxwing Mini Birds & Wildlife playing a melody that serenadesThe Cedar Waxwing is a silky bird of brown, gray, and lemon yellow feathers, accented with a crest, rakish black mask, and brilliant red wax droplets on the wing feathers. In fall they gather by the hundreds to eat berries, filling the air with their high, thin whistles. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has developed QR codes which allow you to listen to the songs and calls of hundreds of birds, right from your smart phone. We have harnessed this