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Cedar Waxwings Spotted in Midway Hollow

Posted on January 12th, 2009 10:18am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Nature, Sports

Thanks to the recent cold front, my yard is rocking with Goldfinches and Cedar Waxwings. Aren’t they gay?

Update: I use this with a doubler. (Hi, B&H!)

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26 Comments to “Cedar Waxwings Spotted in Midway Hollow”
  • bill h @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:25 am

    I’ve spotted cedar waxwings and goldfinches, as well as chickadees house finches. The goldfinches are wonderful. I was lying in a hammock and one perched about three feet away, just sitting there. Beautiful bird. I also saw a ruby crowned kinglet over on the Dixon Branch in Old Lake Highlands.

  • AS @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:30 am

    Please tell what zoom lens you use to get these great bird pictures!

  • Mark @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Strange how you never see just 1 cedar waxwing. Really one of the coolest birds to travel thru the area.

  • J Montenegro @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    How can you tell just by the photo? Bird gaydar?

  • julie @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    I see that they like to eat fruit. What kind of fruit could I put out to attract them?

  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:47 am

    @ AS
    I use this with a doubler.

  • shellybelly @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:49 am
  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:49 am

    I use this lens with a doubler.

  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:53 am

    There was a time in my life when I could say gay and it meant happy and full of life. That is the way I feel when I see these birds.

  • Mark @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:54 am

    From Google: Deinition of gay
    brave: brightly colored and showy; “girls decked out in brave new dresses”; “brave banners flying”; “`braw’ is a Scottish word”; “a dress a bit too gay for her years”; “birds with gay plumage”

  • Mark @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:56 am

    OOPS! Definition not Deinition, multitasking is hard.

  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:57 am

    either way, it works for me.

  • shellybelly @ January 12th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Oh, sorry. My bad. Apologies all the way around.

  • J Montenegro @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Sorry, Nancy. I was just funnin’ with ya. Those are some nice looking birds and a great photo of them!

  • Mark @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Julie I am by no means an expert but at my office on Preston they eat the holly berries. They also love the berries on cedars hence the name Cedar Waxwings.

  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Not the least bit offended!

  • Mark @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:15 am

    My last post about waxwings, interesting article.

    http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2007/nov/scout1/

  • Bill Marvel @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    I don’t know anything about the sexual orientation of cedar waxwings, but when they descended on the bush in our back yard and cleaned out the red berries, they seemed to be having a high old time.

  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Yes, they get “drunk” on the berries. Close your curtains or they will fly into them and die. Seriously.

  • Gwyon @ January 12th, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    I was the shadow of the waxwing slain.

  • KellyK @ January 12th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    That’s a little too “The Birds” for me…but I do have those little berries in my bushes out front, I was going home to see if they are still covered…I am wondering now if I should make my own recession ****tail out of them!

  • KellynD @ January 12th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    @ Nancy – seen any Purple Martins yet? We had a pair scoping out our gourds last weekend.

  • Nancy Nichols @ January 12th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    saw one in East Texas but not Dallas

  • Grunt @ January 12th, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    For the record, Cedar Waxwings do not taste good.

  • Don in Austin @ January 12th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    @Grunt: That’s obvious, they eat Yaupon Holly berries. Not your best tasting berry, you know.

  • H.H.A.S. @ January 13th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    Can I get an owl for a pet?
    And do you think it would get along with my cats (they are old but frisky)?