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.

CEDAR WAXWINGS ARE special birds for several reasons. They are beautiful. They are gregarious within their flocks and talk nonstop. Their conversations are more like whispering instead of the usual ...

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 ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- This week's bird will be the Cedar Waxwing. A treat to find in your binocular viewfield, the Cedar Waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, gray, and lemon-yellow, ...

One of my favorite birds in our part of the world is the cedar waxwing. The name waxwing is derived from the red wax-like tips of flight feathers that resemble sealing wax from days of yore. These ...

It is at this time of year in southeastern Virginia, when the holly berries are turning a bright, waxy red that I start listening for that high-pitched whistle sound in the treetops. Then I know the ...

There is little songbird singing during these days of late summer. A few persist, like red-eyed vireos, indigo buntings and wood peewees, continuing with their songs and calls. Songs were prevalent ...

A little band of cedar waxwings, true to their name, settled into a cedar tree at my place west of Gilby, N.D., on Friday afternoon. The birds gorged themselves on cedar berries. They also prompted a ...

Few birds demonstrate the revelatory impact of a little knowledge more clearly than the cedar waxwing. These are stunning birds, present in most neighborhoods around Marin, and yet many people live ...