Talk:Waxwing

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family Bombycillidae

I really enjoyed the quote by Nabokov since he was the reason I went looking for the article, but I am wondering what the range of waxwings is...and where I have to go to find one. Perhaps a map showing the range would help the article.Mrathel 14:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I ask permission to edit the assertion that "I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/ By the false azure of the windowpane" are both the first and last lines of the poem 'Pale Fire' within the same novel. The poem remains unfinished at 999 lines, with neither of these appearing at the end. As each canto comprises 250 lines, and line 999 reads "Trundling an empty barrow up the lane," Readers and Kinbote can make the logical conclusion that the final line was to read, again, "I was the shadow of the waxwing slain." The second line is here superfluous and unnecessary.

I live in Arlington, MA and have seen a flock of Cedar Waxwings on three occasions during late March and early April 2008. It appears to be composed of about 25 individuals and I presume it is the same flock seen on separate occasions. It seem to me that some have brighter yellow underbellies than others and I assume that thes are the males. They appear to frequent arear where juniper berries remain from last season. They also frequent a playground area near my home. At the playground site they occupy territory claimed by mocking birds that continually attempt to drive them away.

Concerning the Nabokov quote: I removed "and last lines" as the poem does not end with the aforementioned verse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yuqingf (talk • contribs) 23:28, 30 April 2011 (UTC)