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The cedar waxwing is a very social bird and usually travels in flocks. They can be found year-round in most of the United States. Their diet consists of berries, insects and more berries. The cedar waxwing is named after cedar berries which it eats during the winter and the red waxy substance on the tip of its wings.
Do You Know?
Cedar waxwings are one of the few birds in the United States that primarily eat fruits. If they eat overripe berries that have fermented, cedar waxwings can become intoxicated or even died from ethanol poisoning.
Oh, That looks like a yummy berry!
I have an itch!
Yes, Indeed, it is delicious!
I sing a high pitched whistling song!
Cedar waxwings like fruit year-round: strawberry, dogwood, raspberries, cedar berries, mistletoe, juniper, mountain, crabapple, and Russian olive fruits. In summer they eat insects and can catch them mid flight. They like woodlands, particularly areas along streams. Female waxwings are the nest builders but both Mom and Dad feed the young. Between 3 and 5 eggs are laid after a 2 week incubation. Babies are able to fly 2 weeks after being hatched. Parents may have two nestings a year.
2020 Photos
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 10, 2020
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
July 30, 2020
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
July 30, 2020
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
July 30, 2020
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
Photo of the Day- July 31, 2020
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
July 31, 2020
2021 Photos
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Ice for Water!
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Burleigh County, North Dakota
February 22, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
April 10, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 4, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 4, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 5, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 5, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
June 23, 2021
Social Birds!
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
Photo of the Day- May 2, 2022
Takeoff!
Cedar Waxwings
Burleigh County, North Dakota
May 2, 2022
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
May 29, 2022
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
May 29, 2022
Beautiful!
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Photo of the Day- May 29, 2022
Landing!
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Photo of the Day- September 9, 2022
Heading North!
Very Social Birds!
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Photo of the Day- March 17, 2024
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
March 17, 2024
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
March 17, 2024
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
April 6, 2024
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
April 6, 2024
Gorgeous!
Fruit Eating Birds!
Cedar Waxwings
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Photo of the Day- April 11, 2024
Cedar Waxwing
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
April 11, 2024