We had one nest here in southern Indiana, first we had nesting, nested in a black walnut tree. now we have a mystery of a nest with a small bird that we have not got a real close look at, 3 eggs, blue with black swirls about 10 ft off the ground in a apple tree. The cedar waxwings travel in flocks except when they are nesting

Yep a shot of my smallest of (3) Amelanchier grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' which hasn't produced fruit yet. Also Asclepias syriaca (milkweed) blooming. Photo this morning. You guys with these cameras able to produce such vivid detail is truly, truly-amazing. Thanks so much! Dax P.s. Ever wonder how the name Serviceberry came along? It has nothing at all to do with birds... Serviceberry is noted (especially you Konrad) way up north in zones such as 3 as being the tree that let the locals know way back when as it came into bloom -- that the ground had thawed (up to 8-9-10 feet beneath) and this signal was for folks that had passed thru the winter that, that the ground could now be dug to proceed with funeral arrangements. So, there's the folklore behind the tree. And ya all were thinking they were for the birds birds- :)

Those little birds are so adorable. & be on the alert: In spring, they get "drunk" on fermenting berries (I forget what kind of plant), & land on the ground, reeling, easy game for any predator. All they need is a safe haven until they sober up!

I also never see the waxwings at my feeders, but they do appear when the winterberries are ripe, along with robins. The flocks will come and devour the berries and then go off to wherever they go next. Someone who posts on this forum, Konrad I think, has experience and wonderful pictures of cedar waxwings in Canada so he would have information for you. Claire