There are many happenings of late summer as we now move into September. Some of these, like the leaf colors, are hard to not notice. Various trees turn at different times and the month is largely one ...

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 ...

The cedar waxwing is always a welcome bird, and never more so than at noon Monday of last week. That was Solar Eclipse Day, and Suezette and I had turned our deck into an observatory: Deck chairs at ...

With less than two weeks before Christmas, many of our region’s birds migrated to their warm wintering grounds long ago. But the cedar waxwing is making merry in the Inland Northwest, its palette of ...

There is little songbird singing during these days of late summer. A few persist, like red-eyed vireos, indigo buntings and wood peewees, continuing with their songs and calls. Songs were prevalent ...

People who pay attention to birds come to love the changing seasons, and have favorite moments in the world of birds that mark the calendar in their minds with days of celebration. Many devout birders ...

The August doldrums are upon us. Nests are empty, flowers are going to seed and insects buzz. But then, zucchinis run rampant; tomatoes are finally turning red and sweet corn overflows the road stands ...

Flocks of cedar waxwings are gathering in our yard like partygoers festooned in color as if ready to celebrate the new year. The bird sports a crest that swoops over the head and has a natty black ...

I am not going to beg to differ with John James Audubon. I am going to be presumptuous, and differ with him outright. I have been watching cedarwaxwings. During much of the year they are legendary ...

My wife was working in the flower beds the other morning when she ran into the house and said, “Come see the cedar waxwings!” At least 50 birds had descended on two yaupon bushes by the side of our ...

The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad, heavy ...