Although cedar waxwings are classified as songbirds, their singing voices are nothing to sing about. You might hear a group of waxwings before you see them, so you should learn to identify their ...

My wife was working in the flower beds the other morning when she ran into the house and said, “Come see the cedar waxwings!” At least 50 birds had descended on two yaupon bushes by the side of our ...

People who pay attention to birds come to love the changing seasons, and have favorite moments in the world of birds that mark the calendar in their minds with days of celebration. Many devout birders ...

I am not going to beg to differ with John James Audubon. I am going to be presumptuous, and differ with him outright. I have been watching cedarwaxwings. During much of the year they are legendary ...

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 ...

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 ...