[va-richmond-general] And more waxwings

 Is there a word for a flock of waxwings similar to "an exaltation of larks"?  
Whatever that word may be, they were there on Capital Square yesterday, in mobs 
of 50 or more, enjoying holly berries: an apt metaphor for the General Assembly.
 
 
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From: rktaranto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 2:36 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Sipping Cedar Waxwings


This afternoon in Church Hill I observed 20-30 cedar waxwings (and a few robins 
and sparrows) taking turns sipping sap that was seeping from holes that 
appeared to have been made by a sap sucker in a maple tree.  Is it common for 
waxwings to do this?  They must have been enjoying it as we approached to 
within 15 feet of them.  
 
There was also another flock of at least 50 waxwings and many robins eating 
holly berries in the same area.
 
RIchard Taranto
 
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