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Podcast: World of Birds
Episode: How Diet Affects Color
Description: Send us a textA look into how what a bird eats can affect it color, with a spotlight on the Cedar WaxwingIf you see a flock of Cedar Waxwings, you may notice that some have yellow tipped tails while others may be orange. That color change is a direct result of something relatively new being included in their diet.When a waxwing’s tail feathers grow in, they are typically a bright yellow, but when the tail is growing in and they eat berries from the honeysuckle plant, an introduced invasive pl...