Cedar Waxwings

Flocks of Cedar Waxwings Bombycilla cedrorum wander together to find berries, their main food year around.  They typically feed while perched on a twig, but they’re also good at grabbing berries while hovering briefly just below a bunch.

These seven announced themselves mid-morning with high whistles and sat up in the elm trees to rest a while.  When no berries are available, they'll do acrobatics in the air to catch and eat flying insects.  Here, they may have been finding insects or larvae among the tree buds.

According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology's allaboutbirds.org, the Cedar Waxwing’s name comes from their appetite for cedar berries in winter.