One of my favorite sounds of fall are the thin, high calls of cedar waxwings. A lot of people want to see them, dramatically adorned with black bandit masks, tails dipped in brilliant yellow and ...

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.

Aug. 22—There is little songbird singing during these days of late summer. A few persist, like red-eyed vireos, and wood peewees, continuing with their songs and calls. Songs were prevalent earlier in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Right on the heels of last week's discussion of a cardinal in Roseau, Minn., comes a report of cedar waxwings in Thief River Falls. Cardinals and waxwings do have one thing in common. Both have crests ...