Scientific Name:   Bombycilla cedrorum

Length:   5.5-6.7 in (14-17 cm)

Weight:   1.1 oz (32 g)

Wingspan:   8.7-11.8 in (22-30 cm)

Nest:   The next consists of loosely built open cup of grass, weeds, twigs, plant fibers, lined with finer materials such as moss, rootlets, fine grass, hair.

Eggs:   3-5, rarely 2-6. Pale gray to bluish gray, finely spotted with brown and black. Incubation is probably by female only, averaging about 12-13 days.

Feeding Behavior:   Are known to travel in flocks hovering briefly while plucking berries or taking insects from foliage. Their diet consists of berries and small fruits and wide variety of berries, with some important sources including juniper, dogwood, and wild cherries. in summer the food source includes beetles, caterpillars, and ants.

Young:   Both parents feed nestlings. Young leave the nest about 14-18 days after hatching. 2 broods per year.

Range:   Always moving about sporadically; both breeding and wintering areas alternate from year to year, depending on food supplies. They prefer woodlands of all kinds, farms, orchards, and suburban gardens where there are fruiting trees or shrubs. In winter they could be found in any wooded or semi-open area where berries are abundant.

Brief Description:   Cedar Waxwings are pale brown on the head and chest fading to soft gray on the wings. The belly is pale yellow, and the tail is gray with a bright yellow tip. The face has a narrow black mask neatly outlined in white. Young birds have blurry streaks on plumage but shows diagnostic yellow tail band.