Category: Cedar Waxwing
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A Vision of Waxwings
Sightings of Cedar Waxwings are often communicated in the sort of hushed yet excited tones often reserved for a sacred vision. When a flock of these atypical birds appears, the effect is seemingly miraculous. Cedar Waxwings will show up where berries may be plentiful, but they do not announce their unpredictable and infrequent arrivals in…
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Otherworldly Cedar Waxwings, and Their Comings and Goings
Cover image: Cedar Waxwing in a tree next to the Salt Marsh. Inwood Hill Park. June 3, 2023. Whenever I encounter Cedar Waxwings, and they generally travel in groups, they seem to arrive from outer space. They are all beautiful and mysterious, thanks to those masks. Their arrival is unpredictable, appearing out of the blue,…
Birds of Inwood 