I have seen them before in a little flock; they move on. Their feathers are so neat looking.

I still have never seen one in my yard. My hackberries are too far from the house to monitor and my service berries are too small to make many berries. I hope when those get bigger, I'll get to see waxwings.
My viburnum dentatum is still loaded with berries. I didn't expect them to last this long.

christie, I would love to see a picture of your viburnum dentatum if you get the time.

I would be thrilled to see the Cedar Waxwings here, but never have.

BTW, I just bought 20 lbs of wild bird seed at the MFA in Ash Grove and paid $7.25 for it which makes it the cheapest so far. I does seem light on BO Sunflower seeds though.

Cedar waxwings are probably my favorite bird. I used to live in a tiny cottage that had 2 huge yaupon hollies loaded with berries. The robins and mockingbirds didn't take much interest in the berries until the waxwings would start to show up. They would stand guard as the visitors gathered on the powerline. Finally, one waxwing would fly down to the yaupon and draw the guard away. The others would then all swoop down and start their feeding frenzy. After a day or two, the berries would be completely gone.

Once, I happened to look outside to see an amazing sight. The waxwings were covering my yaupon, and flying down in a vortex to a nandina bush under the tree. It looked like a cedar waxwing tornado.

Now, since I've moved, my yaupons are much smaller so I don't notice any hoards of waxwings doing their business. I usually see them now whenever I hear their mournful song. I'll look up in the bare trees and sure enough I'll see a flock of them. Often this time of year I can also see them doing a little dance right off of the treetops. I think they are eating gnats or some flying insect.

paul, how lucky you were to have had that many. I just want to see one here!

I knew the mocking birds would do that but didn't know robins would.

I would love to see that. Sounds like something that would be on a nature show.

I haven't checked my Chicago Luster for a few days to see if the berries are still there. It isn't planted very close to the house so I think when the birds do finally decide to eat them, I will miss it.