Extremely silky, elegant winter visitors that travel in tight flocks, feeding voraciously on cedar berries and wild fruit while making high-pitched lisping calls.
Field Identification: Sleek tan-and-grey crest, black eye mask, bright yellow tail tip band, and waxy red droplets on inner wing feathers.
Texas & Hill Country Notes: Cedar Waxwings are named for the shiny red wax-like secretions on the tips of their secondary wing feathers. Because they eat fermenting cedar berries and wild fruit late in winter, waxwings occasionally become intoxicated on overripe berries.
