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Any of several fruit-eating birds of the family Bombycillidae, order Passeriformes. They are found in the northern hemisphere. The Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus of North America and Eurasia is about 18 cm/7 in long, and is greyish-brown above with a reddish-chestnut crest, black streak at the eye, and variegated wings. It undertakes mass migrations in some years. See also cedar waxwing.
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54 Pilchuck Camera Club 53 Individual Awards of Merit winners with 13 points were: Pair of Bald Eagles, Phil Echo, Camera Naturalist CC; Heron Taking Off, Bill Meikle, Loveland PS; with 12 points were: Mating Tree Swallows, Roman Kurywczak, Camera Naturalist CC; Great Blue Flying with Stick, Lisa Cuchara, New Haven CC; Bohemian Waxwing, Wendy McIntosh, Greater Lynn PA.
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