Bird Watching

My dad first noticed these birds while on a visit in early March to our house many years ago.  They were not the usual birds we have around our house so we looked them up and found that they are cedar wax wings and apparently migrate through this area each spring.

I think they are so pretty with their black mask yellow belly and golden-tipped tails.

And if you look closely their wings have a small red tip as well.

They loved they puddles after the rain and eating the yaupon berries in the trees.

In the back yard the birds are really becoming active.  The female cardinal above and the bright red male below.

We also have some wood-peckers at the feeder and….

in the trees.

The cedar wax wings are already gone.  They were around for just a couple of days.