Where should you look for waxwings in Latvia?

Look in parks, gardens, and streets, and especially at fruiting rowans and other berry-bearing trees. The waxwing is an autumn and winter visitor to Latvia, and in winter its habitat is parks, gardens, and fruiting trees rather than the northern forests where it breeds. Rowan trees in towns can attract substantial flocks. The guide stresses that the setting matters less than the food: a suitable berry crop appears to matter more than the distinction between countryside and a supermarket car park. Numbers vary considerably between years and seasons, so a good site one winter may hold few birds the next. Listening helps too, since flocks keep in contact with fine, trilling calls. For records of occurrence, the page points to the Latvian bird records list at latvijasputni.lv.

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