Cedar Waxwings. When you see one.
You will surely see more.
And more.
(That is unless the waxwing has decided to consort with robins instead of its own kind.)
In fact, there are enough berries to serve several different flocks of waxwings (and robins) at the CRP.
Waxwings have that starling-like hive mind, supported, it seems, by their incessant buzzing. I find it curious, though understandable, that some writers (Aretas Saunders, e.g.) consider cedar waxwings to be essentially mute. In a different season it would be hard to distinguish their sounds from insect noise. Even in this recording, the waxwings are merely a light buzzy background for other, more prominent, bird sounds.
I haven't actually figured out their relationship with hawks. Are they a food source or just an annoyance? Take our friend, the Cooper's hawk.
Here come the waxwings, a whole flock of them, not mobbing, just oblivious.
Later I'd see the hawk snap at them, and they finally got the message and flew away.
The red-tails, on the other hand, seem much more focused on gettin' some.
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