Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum). 

The Cedar Waxwing’s high-pitched call is often heard coming from hungry flocks visiting a local stand of fruit-bearing trees. Look out for their crisp black mask, strong yellow stripe at the end of their tail, and their courtship display of passing a berry back and forth! 

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

Cedar Waxwing song by Wil Hershberger (ML508854) 

Cedar Waxwing staccato song by Sally F. Hoyt (ML508857) 

Cedar Waxwing flock call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508855) 

Sources and more: 

• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/cedar-waxwing
• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/cedar_waxwing/overview
• Sibley, David. Sibley Birds East: Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Print. 
• Godfrey, Michael A, John Farrand, and Roger Tory Peterson. Videoguide to the Birds of North America. New York, N.Y: MasterVision, 1985. Film.