<P> Cedar waxwings are sociable, seen in flocks year round . They are non-territorial birds and "will often groom each other ." They move from place to place depending on where they can find good sources of berries . </P> <P> Mating season for this bird begins around the end of spring and runs through late summer . The male will do a "hopping dance" for the female . If she is interested, she'll hop back . During courtship the male and female will sit together and pass small objects back and forth, such as flower petals or an insect . Mating pairs will sometimes rub their beaks together affectionately . The nest is a loose open cup built with grass and twigs, lined with softer materials and supported by a tree branch averaging 2 to 6 m (6.6 to 19.7 ft) above ground but, at times, considerably higher . It takes around five or six days for the female waxwing to build the nest and can take up to 2,500 trips back and forth . Sometimes the female will steal nest material from other species' nests to save time . The outer diameter of the nest is approximately 12 to 16 cm (4.7 to 6.3 in). Usually 5 or 6 eggs are laid and the female incubates them for 11 to 13 days . The eggs are oval shaped with a smooth surface and very little, if any, gloss . The egg shells are of various shades of light or bluish grey with irregular, dark brown spots or greyish - brown splotches . Both parents build the nest and feed the young . Typically, there are one or two broods during the mating season . Young leave the nest about 14 to 18 days after hatching . </P> <P> The cedar waxwing eats berries and sugary fruit year - round, including "dogwood, serviceberry, cedar, juniper, hawthorn, and winterberry", with insects becoming an important part of the diet in the breeding season . Its fondness for the small cones of the eastern redcedar (a kind of juniper) gave this bird its common name . They eat berries whole . They sometimes fly over water to catch insects . </P> <P> When the end of a twig holds a supply of berries that only one bird at a time can reach, members of a flock may line up along the twig and pass berries beak to beak down the line so that each bird gets a chance to eat . </P>

Bird with yellow band at end of tail