| Medium-sized light brown bird with crest on head; short bill; bright yellow and orange markings
Nests in open black spruce forests and muskegs; feeds in all types of forests.
Blueberries, cranberries, and other berries; also flying insects, (flies, butterflies, dragonflies, true bugs, beetles, and others)
Hawks, falcons, small owls
The red, waxlike spots on the wings of the adult give this bird its name.
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