When you are a cedar waxwing, like the one in the photo, survival in the winter means you need to adapt...should you decide to stick around southern Minnesota. The Cedar Waxwing in the photo section had tens of thousands of frozen crabapples to select, as near Henderson-LeSueur there is a regular forest of flowering crabapple trees to choose from, plus the many area trees which still hold their fruit in February and March. This waxwing, along with four buddies, allowed us to approach within six feet...so intent was he in devouring the tasty treats. Come March and April, a transformation occurs within the apples as they ferment; and robins, bluebirds and waxwings will often "get a jag on" due to the alcoholic content of the fruits. Sometimes the "stoned" birds fall to the ground, intoxicated, where they are easy prey for other hungry critters. We'll try for photographic proof. (Wonder what a crabapple "hangover" is like for a bird. "Oww, my aching beak!!!)