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.

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 ...

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 might seem strange to pick October to highlight a bird usually spotted around here (if at all) in July and August and, sometimes, September. And spot it you should for it’s certainly one of our ...

The cedar waxwing is similar in shape and size to a cardinal, with black legs, black around the eyes and a tufted crest on its head. But the cardinal is no match for the variety of colors painted onto ...

Despite their dandy silken colors, I'd have to call cedar waxwings the “poop birds.” One New Year's Day years back, we were entertaining a friend visiting from Manhattan. We took her to the River Walk ...

A couple of weeks ago, on a warm, damp morning, I awoke to the sound of robins, at least a hundred of them, scouring the trees out back. They were calling, even singing fragments of their song on this ...

There are many happenings of late summer as we now move into September. Some of these, like the leaf colors, are hard to not notice. Various trees turn at different times and the month is largely one ...