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Atlas Results
Bohemian Waxings were observed in 42 atlas squares, with detections at 38 point count locations. Most observations were made in northern Saskatchewan from around the latitude of Cree Lake to the border with the Northwest Territories. On 15 and 18 June 2021, two different observers detected Bohemian Waxwings on point counts near Lac La Plonge, considerably further south than other sightings during the breeding season for the atlas. Breeding was confirmed only once when recently fledged young were spotted near Rogers Lake on the north shore of Lake Athabasca on 4 July 2019.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
"In Saskatchewan, the Bohemian Waxwing lives up to its Latin and vernacular names: it is garrulous, constantly trilling and chattering; it is bohemian, moving about erratically and unpredictably all winter, brightly arrayed in artistic fashion? (Houston and Houston 1968). Bohemians breed in boreal forests of western North America from central Alaska and northern Washington east to northwestern Ontario; they winter from southern Alaska and Canada through the northern US.
The Bohemian Waxwing breeds in burned lands, coniferous woodlands, and muskegs (Godfrey 1986). In winter, it visits domesticated fruit trees, particularly mountain-ash and crabapple. When wild and tame berries are exhausted it will eat raisins and currants and, rarely, bread.
The Bohemian breeds sparingly, perhaps locally, across extreme northern Saskatchewan south to Kazan, Contact, and Reindeer Lakes. It is a common winter visitant throughout the remainder of Saskatchewan.
Original text by C. Stuart Houston and Mary I. Houston. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Bohemian Waxwing in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Bohemian Waxwing in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=BOWA&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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