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.

(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 ...

The Bohemian waxwing (left) and the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (right). Photo credits: Daniel Jauvin & Hemant Kirola; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library. Biologists have long debated ...