On this page are cedar waxwings and American robins.

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Cedar waxwings fly in large groups.
[A sky shot of about 25-30 cedar waxwings in flight.]

They also perch in groups. (Easier to notice in winter when the leaves are gone.)
[Leafless trees with about 20 cedar waxwings on the branches.]

The cedar waxwing is a colorful bird.
[Close view of the bird which has yellow tips to its tail and a yellow lower half of its underbelly. The face has a strip of yellow and a strip of black. The rest of the boyd is tan as is the crest which projects from the back of the head.]

This cedar waxwing is surrounded by robins.
[Five birds are perched in a leafless sycamore tree. The cedar waxwing has one robin on a branch just behind it and three robins on branches spaced out below it. One of the lower robins has its back to the camera, but all the rest are displaying their red breasts.]

The American robin has white around its eyes.
[A robin perched on a branch faces to the left. The brown bird has a red breast except for the lowest part which is white. There is a white ring around the eye with some stripes of black in it. The bill is yellow.]

The robin also has white undersides. (From this view its legs look like a couple of sticks pushed into some white foam.)
[A robin perched on a branch above the camera and facing away from it. Its head is not visible. Its back and side grey feathers completely surround the white underside. Its skinny black legs come from the middle of the white underside down to the feet on the branch. The branch is about 1.5 inches in diameter.]

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