"Cedar waxwings only make a thin high-pitched call, but they are dramatic looking birds, and they often move in large flocks, plus they will happily come to your yard for fruit such as serviceberries, hawthorn, chokecherries, and more - so they make a perfect beginner birder's bird. Because of their preference for fruit, Cedar Waxwings are among the last migratory birds to arrive in Okanogan County in late spring, and they are some of our latest nesting birds, staying through early fall to capitalize on as much fruit as possible. Cedar waxwings leave our area in the fall but they are soon replaced by the slightly different looking Bohemian waxwing which breed in Alaska and the Yukon but come down our way for the winters. To attract either of these gorgeous birds to your yard, plant native fruit trees!"
