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Cedar Waxwings at Front Birdbath<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Cedar Waxwings:<\/strong> Usually I’m not thrilled when huge flocks of birds descend on the yard, displacing our \u201cregulars<\/em>\u201d from feeders and birdbaths. But when fifty-six (at least!) Cedar Waxwings visited, I was happily excited. Unlike big flocks of Common Grackles, European Starlings and Brown-Headed Cowbirds, this crowd was not aggressive towards the other birds and didn’t displace them. They didn’t want anything from the feeders after all. They didn’t mess with the other birds and the other birds didn’t mess with them. They were just there to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cedar Waxwings<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We don’t often see Cedar Waxwings in the yard. We are working on increasing our berry producing bushes to appeal to berry eating birds. Our small berry bushes do interest the occasional small group, as do random berry producing vines that find their way into our tree tops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven Cedar Waxwings showed up in the yard just a week ago and I was thrilled to see them. But what they mostly like from our yard is water. Here in Maryland, the climate continues it’s weird roller coaster thing this year. For the past week it’s been very cold which is probably freezing up some of their natural water sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working in the Yard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday we were working on a project outside. (A neighbor’s tree fell on our detached stick-built garage at Thanksgiving last year. A replacement garage was delivered by truck last week. We spent the weekend trying to fix the pad underneath it that wasn’t leveled properly. Sigh.) So we spent a big chunk of the day in the back yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partway through the day, I went into the house. Looking through the living room window, I noticed that the shallow heated birdbath<\/a> on the front porch was dry. Because I don’t want to burn out its heating unit, I’m careful to keep water in it so it was surprising that it was suddenly empty. I quickly filled it up again before going back outside.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Flock of Waxwings in the Trees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A bit later, I looked up over the house roof line house and saw a ton of birds in the tree tops in the front yard. They didn’t look right for grackles, starlings or Red-winged Blackbirds. And they weren’t being noisy like a flock of those birds would be either. And they were larger than the House Finches that we typically see high in the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were in fact Cedar Waxwings. At that point, they were sitting very still, so I was able to easily count fifty-six of them, although there may have been more that I couldn’t see obscured by the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The birds weren’t eating anything. They just seemed to be waiting for something. I suspect they were deciding whether it was safe to come down to various birdbaths while two humans were moving gravel around in the yard. Even though we were out there working, there was a big variety of other birds active at the feeders nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve noticed that when new-to-the-yard birds visit, they often watch the regular birds first as if to determine if it is safe. I don’t know what is in a bird’s mind, but it seems reasonable to me that they may figure, \u201cWell, those weirdly behaving humans aren’t bothering any of the other birds, so it’s worth taking the risk, and we’re thirsty.<\/em>\u201d Or maybe it had nothing to do with us and they were just making sure the other birds wouldn’t react badly to them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cedar Waxwings at Back Birdbath<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

One Birdbath At A Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, although we have six birdbaths, and temperatures had risen enough that the ice had partially melted in the unheated ones, this crowd targeted one birdbath at a time. They seemed incredibly polite about it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They would move as a group to the upper tree branches nearest the birdbath they wanted to use. Then they descended on it in mass in an orderly, ever-moving rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dozen or more of the birds would swoop down and efficiently arrange themselves around the rim of the birdbath. Each would take four or five deep sips of water and then would fly back up into the tree to make room for another bird who would would do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cedar Waxwings at Back Birdbath<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Moving On To A Different Birdbath<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For several minutes, that one birdbath would be the center of this winged rotation. Then they would retreat again as a group, only to descend on a different birdbath when the group returned to the yard a bit later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If another bird wanted to use the birdbath at the same time, there seemed to be no problem. I saw House Finches, Northern Cardinals, Goldfinches, American Robins and Mourning Doves all drinking at the same time with the Cedar Waxwings at various points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We watched them do this coordinated group drink on the heated birdbath out back and then on an unheated one in the center of the back yard. They must have done it again on the heated birdbath on the front porch, because when I went back inside, it was empty again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such a big group, they could have split up among the six birdbaths and all drunk water at the same time. But instead they would all target one water source at a time and take turns.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cedar Waxwings at Front Birdbath<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Waxwings Return The Next Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was awesome to watch. The group, or at least some of them, returned Sunday to the birdbath on the front porch. Not wanting to startle them, I first watched them from across the living room. Then when they left, I settled myself on the couch on the other side of the window from the birdbath. About fifteen minutes later, a group of them was back at the birdbath, giving me a view of these beautiful birds just five feet away. Very cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then they’ve returned periodically, choosing a different birdbath each time. This morning, they seemed interested in the heated birdbath in the back yard. But the Blue Jays were swooping in one after another to pick peanuts from a nearby bird feeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the Waxwings switched their focus to the frozen again birdbath further out in the yard. Birds can get water from a frozen surface, but it takes them longer, so each bird sat a little longer at the frozen feeder but they still basically took turns. After awhile, I went outside and added fresh water to that birdbath but they switched over to the heated feeder on the front porch again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suspect that this group of Cedar Waxwings has found a good source of berries somewhere nearby, although not in my yard, and is coming by every now and then to get a drink to wash it down. I don’t imagine they’ll hang around forever, but it is fun watching them while they are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn More About Cedar Waxwings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cedar Waxwings on All About Birds Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cedar Waxwings on Audubon Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn More About Backyard Birds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maryland Backyard Birds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Backyard Birds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Backyard Birds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter Backyard Birds: Birds in a Winter Storm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backyard Birds on a Damp Day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posts on Choosing Birdbaths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Favorite Birdbath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make Your Own Birdbath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple Inexpensive Birdbath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Newest Birdbath Has Something to Hide!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIY Heated Birdbath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing and Maintaining Heated Birdbaths<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posts on Taking Care of Birdbaths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prepping Birdbaths for Winter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking Care of Summer Birdbaths<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep Cats of Of Birdbaths<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Your Hose Provide Clean Water For Birds?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing and Maintaining Heated Birdbaths<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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