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[Pirkka Aalto]

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"Tens of thousands of Bohemian waxwings have descended on Prague - a rare 
phenomenon according to ornithologists. People keep ringing to tell us that 
their garden is full of small parrots, a Prague ornithologist says. The 
Bohemian waxwing with its conspicuous red cap and yellow tail is an exotic 
sight in this country although its name suggests that it is right at home 
here. Thousands of them, flying in huge flocks of over a hundred birds, can 
now be seen in many parts of the Czech Republic, having flown over from 
Scandinavia and northern Russia. Bohemian waxwings sometimes migrate south 
of their range and ornithologists say they don't really know what brought 
them in such numbers this year. The most widespread theory is that the 
longer daylight time further south gives them more time in which to search 
for food, in this case mainly fruits and berries ...or maybe they just 
wanted to return to their roots and see what Bohemia has to offer Bohemian 
waxwings."

Check http://www.radio.cz/en/issue/63337

 Regards, Jethro Waanders (The Netherlands)