Bohemian Waxwings: Intrepid Winter Wanderers - The Hardwick Gazette

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Bohemian Waxwings: Intrepid Winter Wanderers - The Hardwick Gazette

FRANCONIA, N.H. – Walking along a dirt road last winter, I heard a collection of pleasant, sputtering trills coming from a stand of conifers and hardwoods nearby. I’m used to the winter conversation of chickadees around feeder and woods, the cawing of crows and blue jays in the yard, and the high-pitched calls of golden-crowned kinglets sounding from the trees in winter, but I didn’t recognize this sound. Bohemian Waxwings Although I typically …