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| Cedar waxwing, dead. Mobile, Alabama. February 2022. Credit: Mzuriana. |
Although I didn't touch the body, it emitted an essence of still-warm plumpness.
I found a small stick and I gently moved it off the sidewalk pavement so as to save it from the indignity of an unintentional crush by a pedestrian's footfall.
How did it die? There was no evidence of injury. Note the small berry in the upper right corner of the photo. If it is a nandina berry, this can kill cedar waxwings that binge on them. But is it a nandina? I don't know.
The cedar waxwing is the newest addition to the We Stop for Carcasses collection:
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