There's a bit more to it than that, as the Bohemian waxwing
is found in northwestern North America as well as northern
Eurasia, and it's known for vagrancy, so it could conceivably
occur in Appalachia.  "Bohemian" refers to its "gypsy-like"
wandering, not to where it occurs.  However, I think the bird
was a cedar waxwing because of the cedar references.  See my
post, forwarded here by Earl Sampson, at
<http://listserv.ucsb.edu/lsv-cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9804&L=NABOKV-L&P=R2474&I=-3>
for more information than you probably want.

Both the cedar and Bohemian waxwings travel in flocks and
frequently make very high-pitched sounds, which qualifies
them as /jaseurs/, and I imagine the Japanese waxwing does too.

Jerry Friedman

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