The work depicts a Cedar Waxwing, a bird native to Western Pennsylvania, consuming ripe, vibrant Service Berries. “It is poignant to have this work so close to The Point, here in Downtown ...

The cedar waxwing is easily found in open habitat where there are berries. It times its nesting to coincide with summer berry production, putting it among the latest of North American birds to nest.

The Bohemian waxwing (left) and the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (right). Photo credits: Daniel Jauvin / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML134340871); Hemant Kirola / Macaulay Library at the ...

(a) The breeding range for the Bohemian waxwing (purple) extends over a large swath of the Arctic, while the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (red) inhabits a much smaller arc in Asia centered on ...