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They usually grab one berry at a time.

Front Yard Biodiversity

I wasn't going to get my camera out for the cedar waxwings; thought I'd just watch them. But they've been right outside our living room window for three weeks, and it didn't take much effort. So, excuse the nature photography. I didn't even have to get dressed to take these.

A Few Berries Left

When the berries are gone, so are the cedar waxwings. Enjoying the show while we can.

Cedar Waxwings: red in, red out

Poop's red, too. Car wash time.

And cont'd.

A snapshot of the view from our bedroom window.

Cedar Waxwings, cont'd.

Return of the Cedar Waxwings

They're back!

It's been two years since they last turned the trees in front of our home into their temporary mess hall. They have a way of dropping-diving-gliding that's mesmerizingly graceful, and they're a lot more cautious and quick than the rowdy house sparrows that live all around us. More welcome, too.

Cedar Waxwings?

The tree in front of our living room window, a cotoneaster, attracted a noisy and ravenous flock of cedar waxwings last winter. Twenty or more birds flew in quickly and loudly, ate large amounts of the bright red berries, and within seconds disappeared. They did this for a number of days—no sight of them when they weren't in the tree—until the tree was emptied of its round red snacks. Then they were gone.
We haven't seen them yet this winter, and are wondering where they are.