Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

✨ Shiny — winter rarity
Winter only — roughly November through March✨ Shiny — winter rarity

The take

A whispering flock strips the holly of berries and is gone by lunch.

How to ID it

  • Silky pale-brown crest and narrow black mask outlined in white
  • Pale yellow belly, waxy red wingtips, and a bright yellow tail tip
  • Travels in flocks that swallow berries whole in fruiting trees

Field marks at a glance

Size
medium
Head
pale brown crest with black mask
Call
very high thin whistled sreee

Where & when

Winter only — roughly November through March

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