• Cedar waxwings are highly social, traveling in flocks of two dozen or more. • They primarily eat fruits but will also eat insects. • Members of a feeding flock will frequently pass berries ...

An earful of cedar waxwings flock around a birdbath in Kyle, Texas, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Courtesy Steve Snyder) Cedar waxwing at Lake Creek Trail in northwest Austin, Texas, on Jan. 13, 2025.

To spot a cedar waxwing, look for a flock. Social birds, waxwings are often in a crowd of five to 50, with groups swelling in the winter, up to 200.

I write this column from a park where a hundred-strong flock of waxwings is seething in the tree above my head. Seething is the word I mean — they are constantly in motion, like a turbulent sea ...

Sometimes, cedar waxwings overwinter so we can be blessed with both species of waxwings on a winter’s day. The two species often comingle in a single flock. Bohemian waxwings belong to a group ...

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 bird… ...

Cedar waxwings pillage fruit and berries, and they work quickly, often stripping a tree in minutes before moving on. As Relma suggested, if you see a cedar waxwing, pause and take note.

“A flock of cedar waxwings can strip the fruits from a nandina bush in minutes, but as the fruits are digested, they slowly release cyanide in quantities that overwhelm the birds’ ability to ...

Bohemian Waxwings sits on branches early in the morning along the High Line Canal on Feb. 1, 2023 in Cherry Hills Village. The last time a sizable flock of Bohemian Waxwings, which breed in Canada ...

A century ago, this irruptive species was rarely seen here. Now they are a regular visitor to the state in search of food. The invasion has begun. Around March 20, flocks of bohemian waxwings ...