The other day my wife, Suezette, said, "There's this bird in the backyard. It's got a black mask over its eyes, so it looks like a bandit. It looks really smooth, like silk. And it's got white stripes ...

Cedar waxwings are common birds, but cedar waxwing sightings are consistent in just one way. They always seem to be unexpected. As a consequence, the appearance of waxwings makes whatever else is ...

As a child, I explored every inch of the two-acre yard that surrounded our small brick home to locate nesting birds. There were 20 nests. Searching the fence row that was lined with tall grasses, I ...

For the second installment of our revived Austin Answered column, we move from history to nature. Where have all the cedar waxwings gone? These handsome birds, which from a distance resemble female ...