The last weekend in May! June is just around the corner now. I hope you have some fun plans for the weekend, and that you get out to enjoy the season. Happy Memorial Day weekend!
For this week’s puzzler, let’s do another songbird, though this one is not a frequent visitor to bird feeders. However, if you have fruit trees like elderberries, cherries, mulberries or serviceberries in your yard, you may be fortunate enough to see it, and if you do, it’s almost always more than one bird, which is impressive. This bird is sleek and handsome, with a yellow band on its tail that looks as if it’s been hand painted, as well as red tips on the tip of its wing feathers.
See if you recognize it:
If you think you know, use the comment box below to give your guess. As always, I’d love to hear from you!
Enjoy your holiday weekend! See you again soon.
Cedar Waxwing
Arden, Yes, cedar waxwing is correct! Thanks for reading!
Hi, Sharon, A Cedar Waxwing, one of the most beautiful songbirds in North America!
I don’t say ‘one of OUR most beautiful birds’ because we don’t own them, and they have a right to exist on their own without having to prove their usefulness to us. I don’t even like the term ‘natural resources’. Murray
Murray, Yes, it is one of the most beautiful songbirds! I agree. I wish I got to see them more often. Hope you are having a good day. Thanks for taking time to comment!
Cedar Waxwing?
Used to see them along the Mississippi, a dozen or more in a shoreline tree.
Beautiful
Jock, yes, it is a cedar waxwing. Seeing a dozen along the Mississippi sounds beautiful! Thanks for reading and taking time to comment.
Back in Illinois where we are from, we had flocks of Cedar Waxwings visit our 3 Serviceberry trees in early Summer when the berries would form. They didn’t leave until every last berry was consumed. They are gorgeous birds!
Renee, How amazing that must have been! It is such a treat to see a bunch of them together in a fruit tree, feeding! We may have to plant a serviceberry tree here just to see if we can attract them. We have cherries but they have never been here that I know of.
They’ll be after the cherries in our tree no doubt.. Cedar Waxwings
I would love to see them in the cherry trees! We will have to keep watching and hoping that one day they find us.