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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Instagram An Instagram image is highlighting just how group-oriented Cedar Waxwings can be. The birds are often ...

The cedar waxwing is easily found in open habitat where there are berries. It times its nesting to coincide with summer berry production, putting it among the latest of North American birds to nest.

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 ...

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 ...

A lone Bohemian waxwing, traveling with a flock of cedar waxwings in Knoxville’s Sequoyah Hills Park on Nov. 22, was the first ever documented in Tennessee. It’s pretty amazing that someone would even ...

Birds are the great equalizer in wildlife photography – and sometimes I don’t even have to search for them ...

Cedar waxwings are common birds, but cedar waxwing sightings are consistent in just one way. They always seem to be unexpected. As a consequence, the appearance of waxwings makes whatever else is ...

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 ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Designing your garden to include berry-producing ...