Cedar waxwings are sleek, masked birds with unusual red, waxy deposits at the tips of their secondary feathers. They are cinnamon-colored, with grayish wings and tails and yellow terminal tail-bands.

Southwestern Montana is home to two species of the waxwing family which includes only three species worldwide. Large flocks of plump and beautiful Bohemian waxwings invade our towns and decorate ...

Behold the wondrous cedar waxwing! This mysterious North Jersey year-round resident is occasionally seen, but almost never at feeders — and heard even less. In recent weeks, I have been fortunate to ...

My neighbors have some kind of ornamental berry bush along the walkway in front of their house. While out walking the dog one cold, not-snowy, morning last week a large flock of cedar waxwings ...

Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

With less than two weeks before Christmas, many of our region’s birds migrated to their warm wintering grounds long ago. But the cedar waxwing is making merry in the Inland Northwest, its palette of ...

Sitting on a wire, neatly in a row, passing a berry up and down the line until someone finally eats it. That’s how a playful flock of cedar waxwings may spend some leisure time. Of course if they are ...